'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
'Hilarious and harrowing, and hard to put down. Indeed, I didn't put it down.'
- Christopher Buckley, author of Thank You for Smoking
'With All the Worst Humans, he spills the secrets, surpassing the tired genre of Washington tell-all with a gripping, nonfiction bildungsroman... 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
'Exciting and full of bluster, this thrilling tale is hard to look away from... A rowdy, dirty-pleasure story of how it feels to cater to unsavory people for money and excitement.'
- Kirkus
'I have raced through this book and been gripped by every page... it is absolutely exactly what I wanted to read.'
- Sophie Heawood
'[A] raucous debut memoir ... Elwood's picaresque features mordantly funny scenes (a standout chapter involves shepherding client Muammar Gadafi's deranged adult son Mutassim around Las Vegas) and a savvy exploration of the machinery of public relations, including how astroturfed nonprofits and content-hungry journalists function as PR mouthpieces. The result is an entertaining, wised-up account of the dark arts of reputation laundering.'
- Publishers Weekly