When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2024 One of The New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2024 Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER National Indie Bestseller A Barack Obama summer reading pick One of Publishers Weekly's ten best books of 2024 '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 (Editors' Choice) 'John Ganz is a fantastic writer . . . When the Clock Broke] is phenomenal . . . truly, truly great.' --Chris Hayes, Why Is This Happening? podcast '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 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