What a spectacular book. Dangerous Fictions combines great, deep ideas with fantastic writing. Gold explores what fiction means in our modern society, how it affects us, and more importantly, how we affect fiction. I think it's an important read in this era of book banning and using fiction to attempt to do politics. I need a copy so I can read it again, and try to ingrain the ideas more deeply. Man this was a good book. Also, Gold's writing was so fun to read.

I've always found the study of art reflecting reality and it's political ties to be fascinating and this book was a great summary of how art, literary, and other forms of media all collide with politics. The book's focus on his literature and politics combine was a big selling point for me and I think this book does a great job at presenting multiple stories, events, figures, and historical events in a way that people can learn a lot from while also being approachable and easily digested so that readers can learn and not feel like they are being lectured down too. The pacing was good because many times I find that nonfiction books can be very slow to read and get into but this one was not. I enjoyed it thoroughly and I am happy that I was approved on NetGalley for it because once I started reading it, I really couldn't put it down, I wanted to keep reading about Gold's studies, opinions, and facts/events they chose to include in the book. I highly recommend especially if you are looking for some literary history.