Too Famous
by Michael Wolff
View on GoodreadsMichael Wolff's 2021 essay collection — pieces on Trump, Boris Johnson, Murdoch, the Clintons, the post-2016 media-and-political-celebrity intersection — built from his columns and longer-form writing over roughly the prior decade.
Core ideas
- The book's organizing observation: the contemporary news cycle is structured around celebrity logic, not policy logic — what gets coverage is what is famous, and political success increasingly requires fluency in fame's grammar.
- The Trump material is continuous with Fire and Fury, Siege, and Landslide but in shorter form; the essay format suits Wolff's strengths (compressed assertion) and limits his weaknesses (sourcing accountability).
- Reading it on Feb 11 is the opening of a four-book Wolff sequence completing his canon in nine days; same author, intensive period.
Published2021
Pages336
ISBN9781250848819
ReadFeb 2026
