When the Kissing Had to Stop Cult Studs, Khmer Newts, Langley Spooks, Techno-Geeks, Video Drones, Author Gods, Serial Killers, Vampire Media, Alien Sperm-Suckers, Satanic therapis

John Leonard is the author of The Last Innocent White Man in America and Smoke and Mirrors (both from The New Press). He has been editor of the New York Times Book Review and literary co-editor of The Nation and now appears weekly on "CBS Sunday Morning" and in New York magazine. Leading literary critic John Leonard is a master at decoding the fears and longings that animate our popular culture. When the Kissing Had to Stop is Leonard at his best, with his reflections on the best new literature of today and what it can tell us about America now. The conspiracies and fears fostered by the Cold War continue to poison our national psyche. New enemies, real or imagined, have fostered subcultures of fantasy and paranoia, and vertiginous proclamations of doom and transformation. In this brilliant new book, Leonard shows how our great novelists and essayists can help us to find some sense and sanity amid the dull roar of tabloids, talk shows, and the Disneyfication of everything.Leonard, John is the author of 'When the Kissing Had to Stop Cult Studs, Khmer Newts, Langley Spooks, Techno-Geeks, Video Drones, Author Gods, Serial Killers, Vampire Media, Alien Sperm-Suckers, Satanic therapis', published 2000 under ISBN 9781565846432 and ISBN 1565846435.