Meaning through mileage
“Spying on America was published in 2026 but the trip itself was made several years earlier, in the time of Covid and the interregnum between the two Trump terms. Enough has happened in that gap that the book contains an epilogue, ‘From the Rearview,’ which is partly a ‘where are they now?’ update on the main characters in the story, but more importantly an attempt to answer the question that I keep asking myself and anybody else who will listen. The question isn’t about Trump at all, because the whole world already knows what he is, and what America has become. Instead, it’s ‘Who in God’s name voted for this person, and why would they do it twice?'” Brian Harvey reviews Spying on America, by Bill Gaston (Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2026) $26 / 9781773104652
