Jill Dougherty, writing for The Washington Post, gave the book an unfavorable review, writing that it "reads like Maddow's MSNBC monologues, piling outrage on top of outrage, peppered with breathless asides warning of Armageddon." ĭavid M.
Ĭarol Haggas of Booklist gave the book a rave review, writing, "Maddow brings her laser-like intuitiveness and keen and wily perception to Big Oil, that stalwart of global economics, and the shadowy nexus of commerce and politics." Writing for The New York Times Book Review, journalist Fareed Zakaria gave the book a mixed review, praising its examination of the fossil fuel industry but criticizing it for not being "radical in its conclusions" and not providing "a path out of the darkness". Maddow's absorbing but inconsistent exposé demonizes more than it analyzes." Publishers Weekly gave the book a mixed review, writing, "the resulting hodgepodge doesn't always support her portrayal of oil and gas as a 'singularly destructive industry' that 'effectively owns' governments her absorbing account of Putin's skullduggery is really about a vampiric government victimizing the oil industry (and includes an unconvincing link to Trump-Russia collusion theories).
Kirkus Reviews praised the book, calling it a "densely argued exercise in connecting dots." The book debuted at number one on The New York Times ' Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction best sellers list and Hardcover Nonfiction best sellers list for the Octoissue of The New York Times Book Review. The book was also published in paperback on October 15, 2019, by Random House Large Print. The audiobook edition was awarded Best Spoken Word Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.īlowout was first published in hardcover by Crown, an imprint of Random House, on October 1, 2019. The book debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list. It concerns corruption in the oil and gas industry and the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. It is her second book and was published by Crown on October 1, 2019. Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth is a 2019 non-fiction book by Rachel Maddow.
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