“Ambitious. Powerful. Delightful.”
— Hope Jahren, The New York Times

“Meticulously researched and engagingly written, After Cooling is essential reading for the planetary crisis.”
— Amitav Ghosh, bestselling author of The Great Derangement

“After Cooling is a deeply discomforting book – and that's the point. Eric Dean Wilson's message, which could not be more timely, is that we need to rethink how we live and what we want.”
— Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Under a White Sky

“A spectacularly interesting read! After Cooling offers a lively history of air-conditioning and explores all the complexities of the fight over Freon.”
— Eula Biss, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of On Immunity

“Excellent.”
—Rolling Stone

“A knockout debut by a gifted writer.”
— New York Journal of Books

“As entertaining as it is edifying. You'll learn what put a ‘hole’ in the ozone layer, how the Rivoli movie theatre in New York inaugurated our present ice age, who in this country is still hoarding Freon, how air conditioning is exacerbating heat waves – and lots of other ecological horrors. This is a brilliantly researched book.”
— Edmund White, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of City Boy

“As much sociopolitical commentary as history of science... Wilson digs deeply into the linkages between Western desire for material comfort and racial oppression, including critiques of capitalism and profit-seeking industry.”
— Science

“Thoughtful, rigorous, and rich with lessons for our warming world.’”
— Robert Moor, bestselling author of On Trails

“A masterful piece of creative nonfiction… A must read.”
— The Raven Bookstore (Lawrence, Kansas)