Bunk (book)

Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
AuthorKevin Young
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFake news; hoaxes
PublisherGraywolf Press
Publication date
November 14, 2017
Pages480
ISBN978-1-55597-791-7

Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News is a 2017 book by Kevin Young that examines the history of hoaxes and fake news.[1]

Reception

Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Colin Dickey found the book "a wild, incisive, exhilarating tour".[2] While complementing the research that had gone into the book, Annalisa Quinn—in a review published by NPR—found that Young's "knotted, clotted style" frustrating.[3]

References

  1. ^ Lethem, Jonathan (November 14, 2017). "Kevin Young's Enthralling, Essential History of the Hoax". The New York Times. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
  2. ^ Dickey, Colin (November 9, 2017). "How fake news, hoaxes and humbug are about race". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
  3. ^ Quinn, Annalisa (November 18, 2017). "'Bunk' Is Encyclopedic, Fascinating — And Frustrating". NPR. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
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