Bunk (book)

Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
Author	Kevin Young
Language	English
Subject	Fake news; hoaxes
Publisher	Graywolf Press
Publication date	November 14, 2017
Pages	480
ISBN	978-1-55597-791-7

Last updated October 29, 2025

Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News is a 2017 book by Kevin Young that examines the history of hoaxes and fake news.^[1]

Reception

Writing in the Los Angeles Times , Colin Dickey found the book "a wild, incisive, exhilarating tour".^[2] While complemnting the research that had gone into the book, Annalisa Quinn—in a review published by NPR —found that Young's "knotted, clotted style" fustrating.^[3]

References

↑ Lethem, Jonathan (November 14, 2017). "Kevin Young's Enthralling, Essential History of the Hoax". The New York Times. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
↑ Dickey, Colin (November 9, 2017). "How fake news, hoaxes and humbug are about race". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
↑ Quinn, Annalisa (November 18, 2017). "'Bunk' Is Encyclopedic, Fascinating — And Frustrating". NPR. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

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[1] Lethem, Jonathan (November 14, 2017). "Kevin Young's Enthralling, Essential History of the Hoax". The New York Times. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

[2] Dickey, Colin (November 9, 2017). "How fake news, hoaxes and humbug are about race". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

[3] Quinn, Annalisa (November 18, 2017). "'Bunk' Is Encyclopedic, Fascinating — And Frustrating". NPR. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

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