Interview with John Ganz

about 1992, archival digging, whether the Right is beatable, "the ditziness of the high WASP," the joy of minor artistry, etc

I have looked forward to John Ganz’s When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s for years now, and it does not remotely disappoint. He can recapture the texture of a forgotten historical moment, he can render lucid and thoughtful judgments efficiently without cluttering the movement of the narrative, and …