“Enthusiastic and enlightening”—The New York Times
“Witty and sardonic”—The New Statesman
“A remarkable feat of distillation and elucidation”—The Observer
“Rare and refreshing”—The Spectator
“A testament to the power of great literature”—The Financial Times
“An admirably lucid book”—The Independent
“Reade’s enthusiasm and curiosity are winning”—The Guardian
“Eminently readable”—The Daily Telegraph
“The writing crackles with imaginative energy”—The Times
“A borderline romp”—The Drum
“Fresh and arresting”—The Literary Review
“Riveting”—The Week
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What in Me is Dark: The Revolutionary Life of Paradise Lost is a book about the extraordinary influence of John Milton’s epic poem on the politics of the modern age.
It has been reviewed in The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Observer, The New Statesman, The Spectator, The Daily Telegraph, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, The Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, The Times, The Chicago Review of Books, The New Yorker, The Week, The Oldie, and The Economist.
I’ve given interviews about it to The Brooklyn Institute of Social Research, The Spectator, The Socialist Worker, Large Hearted Boy, Fieldzine, The London Magazine, Good Intentions, Bungacast, Northeastern Global News, The History of Literature podcast, and The Chris Hedges Show.
It was a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, The Guardian’s Book of the Day (twice), and appeared on the Best Books of 2024 lists for The Financial Times, The Independent, The Big Issue, and Counterfire.
