When the Clock Broke

"Terrific . . . Vibrant . . . When the Clock Broke is one of those rarest of books: unflaggingly entertaining while never losing sight of its moral core." —Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times
"When the Clock Broke is leagues more insightful on the subject of Trump's ascent than most writing that purports to address the issue directly." —Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post
"Lively and kaleidoscopic." —Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker
"John Ganz is the most important young political writer of his generation—just the one our dark moment needs." —Rick Perlstein
A revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era—and their dark legacy today.
With the Soviet Union extinct, Saddam Hussein defeated, and U.S. power at its zenith, the early 1990s promised a "kinder, gentler America." Instead, it was a period of rising anger and domestic turmoil,...