Genius or monster? Defender of justice or totalitarian apologist? Activist for human rights or defender of mass murder? Compassionate humanist or venal antisemite? Writer Benjamin Kerstein spent three years delving into the work and legacy of Noam Chomsky, and returned with the answers. This book is a chronicle of his journey into one of the 20th century's most worshiped intellectual's heart of darkness. "This is some of the most intelligent, clearest, most honest writing I have read in a long time." - Jay Nordlinger, National Review