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Handbook of Tyranny

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Handbook of Tyranny portrays the routine cruelties of the twenty-first century through a series of detailed non-fictional graphic illustrations. None of these cruelties represent extraordinary violence—they reflect day-to-day implementation of laws and regulations around the globe.

Every page of the book questions our current world of walls and fences, police tactics and prison cells, crowd control and refugee camps. The dry and factual style of storytelling through technical drawings is the graphic equivalent to bureaucratic rigidity born of laws and regulations. The level of detail depicted in the illustrations of the book mirror the repressive efforts taken by authorities around the globe.

The twenty-first century shows a general striving for an ever more regulated and protective society. Yet the scale of authoritarian intervention and their stealth design adds to the growing difficulty of linking cause and effect. Handbook of Tyranny gives a profound insight into the relationship between political power, territoriality and systematic cruelties.

This new edition includes updated figures and eight additional pages.

Customer Reviews (4.9 / 5 · 19 reviews)

Julian G. ★★★★★

The way each page forces you to sit with mundane bureaucratic horror, rather than spectacle, is exactly what makes it so unsettling. I've had it for a week and keep flipping back to certain panels I can't shake from my mind.

Alexander P. ★★★★★

The detail in these graphic illustrations is unreal—each page captures the quiet, everyday cruelties without any over-the-top violence, just stark reality. I’ve flipped through it three times and still spot something new in the linework. Exactly the kind of book that makes you think long after you p

Emma R. ★★★★★

I was a bit worried this would feel preachy, but the non-fictional graphic illustrations are so meticulously detailed that they do the talking instead. It’s the kind of book you flip through twice—once for the shock, once for the craft.