The Sunday Times bestseller, "The Strange Death of Europe," is a deeply personal account of a continent and a culture trapped in the act of suicide. Declining birth rates, mass immigration, as well as cultivated distrust and self-hatred have led Europeans to be unable to argue for themselves and incapable of resisting their own sweeping societal changes. This book is not only an analysis of demographic and political realities but also a firsthand account of a continent in self-destruct mode.

It includes reports from across the continent, from the places where migrants land to the places where they end up, from the people who seemingly welcome them to the locations that cannot accept them. Told from this immediate perspective and backed by impressive research and evidence, the book addresses the disappointing failure of multiculturalism, Angela Merkel's shift in migration policy, the lack of repatriations, and the Western fixation on guilt.

Murray travels to Berlin, Paris, Scandinavia, Lampedusa, and Greece to uncover the unease at the heart of European culture and to hear the stories of those who have come to Europe from afar. In each chapter, he also takes a step back to consider the larger questions behind a continent's death wish and answers the question of why someone, let alone an entire civilization, would treat itself this way. He concludes with two visions of Europe—one hopeful and one pessimistic—that paint a picture of Europe in crisis and offer a choice about what we can do next, if anything.