When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s of a nakba that never

of a nakba that never ended

He has written for the New Republic

is always supposed to win

So begins Kristin Hannah's magnificent new novel

hardheaded business consultants

When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s of a nakba that neverA TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR THE WASHINGTON POST THE NEW REPUBLIC AIR MAIL SLATE PUBLISHERS WEEKLY A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR OBAMA'S SUMMER READING THE BOSTON GLOBE MOTHER JONES CHICAGO TRIBUNE LITERARY HUB "[A] wry and engaging account . . . 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