In the Realm of the Last Man

Wise and thoughtful… in a world of pretentious complexity, Fukuyama’s clarity of prose is a political statement * The Times *
This is the record of the moment when Liberalism learnt to live in the present tense * Financial Times *
Fascinating… a compelling personal story… in an age of intellectual polarisation and ideological rigidity, this open-mindedness is refreshing… Fukuyama can stake a claim as one of America’s great public intellectuals of recent decades * Economist *
Less a conventional autobiography than the story of a life in ideas… For Fukuyama, an end to history never meant an end to thinking * Guardian *
Wonderfully engaging, its intellectual insights [are] persuasive and interesting. A highly readable account of some of the most important ideas of the last 40 years * Literary Review *
Intellectual, interesting and quirky * Prospect *
Praise for Francis Fukuyama: ‘Fukuyama has a unique skill for imbuing ideology with a narrative thrust’ * New Yorker *
We need more thinkers as wise as Fukuyama * New York Times *
A basic rule of intellectual life is that celebrity destroys quality… Francis Fukuyama is a glorious exception * Economist *
Fukuyama writes about the degeneration of America’s political system with the passion and frustration of a prophet straining to be heard * Spectator *
A wealth of insights worthy of the greatest writers of democracy * Financial Times *

Francis Fukuyama is the internationally-bestselling author of 11 books, including his globally renowned Liberalism and Its Discontents. He is a Senior Fellow at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute, and the Director of the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. He lives in California.

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