"A rollicking, unexpectedly affecting story. . . It's going to be one of the big, buzzy Beltway books of the year."
--Politico
"A spin doctor to the rich and corrupt spills his secrets . . . . In
All the Worst Humans, Phil Elwood recounts a career spent engineering headlines for some of the world's villians . . . A pithy, anecdote-rich memoir . . . It starts with the crack of a Jack Reacher thriller."
--The New York Times "Hilarious and harrowing, and hard to put down. Indeed, I didn't put it down."
--Christopher Buckley, author of Thank You for Smoking "Phil Elwood has written a book about his Washington life that's part therapy, part cautionary tale -- and quite funny . . . What makes Elwood's story stand out from the typical Washington read is that his personal demons are so intertwined with his professional choices . . . Elwood's prose is zippy, even Sorkin-esque, and he relishes dark humor."
--The Washington Post "Journalists often wonder what spinmasters are doing to influence them. The reality Phil Elwood reveals is worse--and more interesting--than we usually imagine.
All the Worst Humans is an exhilarating ride through the underbelly of global power structures."
--Ben Smith, author of Traffic and editor in chief of Semafor "A lively, often hilarious, blood-chilling tale."
--Sam Kashner, Air Mail "If Hunter S. Thompson billed clients by the hour, it would look like
All The Worst Humans by Phil Elwood. The pacing and storytelling propel the book's epic sweep across the darkside of DC and global hotspots. Even the most experienced in PR will learn things they did not know, and Elwood's gripping personal story is an unexpected and wild ride."
--Bill McCarren, former Executive Director, National Press Club "In his time as a Washington PR maven, Phil Elwood was an advocate for a grisly array of devils, a murderer's row of actual murderers. With
All the Worst Humans, he spills the secrets, surpassing the tired genre of Washington tell-all with a gripping, nonfiction bildungsroman. A 21st century Nick Carraway, Elwood was initially seduced by the trappings of wealth and power, only to become disillusioned by the ignoble causes he served to attain them. Ultimately,
All the Worst Humans is a redemption story about becoming a better human, a story Elwood tells with vulnerability, heart, and brutal honesty."
--James Kirchick, New York Times bestselling author of Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington
