A review by pattricejones
What's the Matter With Kansas: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America by Thomas Frank

4.0

As relevant today as when it was published. There's no need for me to repeat the accolades in previous reviews of a book in which such insightful observations are phrased in such lively and lucid prose. Let me just say this: There can be a tendency, when reading a book like this, to skip the conclusion, assuming that the author will be merely summarizing and repeating what has already been said. Don't do that. Frank builds up to his most important conclusions inductively, saving their statement for that last chapter. Don't skip it.