How fascist are you? A sharp, provocative conversation-starter about the authoritarian in us all

INSTRUCTIONS FOR BECOMING A FASCIST:

- Name your enemies

- Encourage intimidatory violence in all its forms

- Call on freedom of speech whenever you are criticized for hateful language

- Cast doubt on the authority of experts, so that all opinions hold the same authority: none

- Undermine boring, accepted facts about history

- Never actually call yourself a fascist

Michela Murgia is an Italian novelist and politician. She has written travel books, political non-fiction and novels, for which she has been awarded the Premio Campiello and the Mondello International Literary Prize.