Book review: Huffing and puffing but no real storm in Luke Mogelson’s new book

By errors and omissions, Mogelson has undercut his chance to create a genuinely authoritative record of a tumultuous period in American politics and society and of the dangerous underbelly of the American right
Though he doesn’t deploy the term himself, Luke Mogelson’s new book is in part a field trip among the ultra-deplorables when the political and societal temperature was even higher than in 2016: from the original imposition of Covid restrictions in early 2020 through to the Biden-Trump election and the crescendo of rage that led to the events of January 6, 2021, in Washington. Picture: AP Photo/José Luis Villegas, Pool

Though he doesn’t deploy the term himself, Luke Mogelson’s new book is in part a field trip among the ultra-deplorables when the political and societal temperature was even higher than in 2016: from the original imposition of Covid restrictions in early 2020 through to the Biden-Trump election and the crescendo of rage that led to the events of January 6, 2021, in Washington. Picture: AP Photo/José Luis Villegas, Pool

Mon, 24 Oct, 2022 - 18:05
Michael Duggan

  • The Storm is Here: America on the Brink
  • Luke Mogelson
  • Riverrun, €16.99

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