In 'Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs,' Kerry Howley takes us on a harrowing tour of the underbelly of the U.S. intelligence apparatus, unveiling a shadow world that's both intriguing and unnerving. Centered around the compelling figure of Reality Winner, a crypto linguist who stumbles upon classified information too heavy to keep secret, we're launched into a reality where information is a prison, and the past is inescapable. From the confines of a drone program eavesdropping operation to the self-inflicted exile of John Walker Lind, and the iconic whistleblower Edward Snowden, this narrative nonfiction explores the web of surveillance, identity, and memory in a post-privacy America.