CHINA LAKE
A Journey into the Contradicted Heart of a Global Climate Catastrophe
“An apocalypse of the weird. A brilliant, often hilarious, and thoroughly original work of nonfiction.”
—Richard Preston, best-selling author of The Hot Zone
Winner of the 2016 Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction. Named a 2017 best book of the year by Brooklyn Rail and Kirkus.
Published by University of Iowa Press.
“An astonishing debut.”
—John D’Agata, author of The Lifespan of a Fact
“A scream into the void... A devastating artistic achievement.”
—Anna Call, Foreword Reviews
“An urgent and terrifying cultural reflection, a startling look in the mirror.”
—Kirkus (Starred Review)
“Baumgart's ecstatic prose achieves a kind of transcendence.”
—Landon Bates, Los Angeles Review of Books
“Haunting and hallucinatory... consistently masterful...”
—Christine Chi, Brooklyn Rail
