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“Rick Perlstein has established himself as one of our foremost
chroniclers of the modern conservative movement…Much of The Invisible
Bridge is not about politics per se but about American society in all
its weird, amusing, and disturbing permutations. He seems to have read
every word of every newspaper and magazine published in the 1970s and
has mined them for delightful anecdotes…It would be hard to top it for sheer entertainment value.”
— Wall Street Journal
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“A Rosetta stone for reading America and its
politics today…a book that is both enjoyable as kaleidoscopic popular history
and telling about our own historical moment…Epic work.”
— New York Times Book Review
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“Engrossing…invaluable to readers aching to
find answers to why the country is so deeply polarized today.”
— New York Times
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“The Invisible Bridge covers three years in eight hundred pages, but somehow, you don’t want it to end…One of the most remarkable literary achievements of the year.”
— NPR
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“The latest tome by the author of Nixonland links the fall of Richard
Nixon and the rise of Ronald Reagan to today’s charged political climate.”
— Entertainment Weekly
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“The author of Nixonland is certain to generate new debates among conservatives
and liberals about Reagan’s legacy.”
— USA Today
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“For Americans younger than fifty-five, the story of conservatism has
been the dominant political factor in their lives, and Rick Perlstein
has become its chief chronicler, across three erudite, entertaining, and
increasingly meaty books…The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and
the Rise of Reagan…finally brings into focus the saga’s leading
character, Ronald Reagan…What gives The Invisible Bridge its
originality is the way Perlstein embeds Reagan’s familiar biography in
the disillusionments of the seventies.”
— New Yorker
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"The
Invisible Bridge is a magnificent and nuanced work because of Perlstein’s
mastery of context, his ability to highlight not just the major players but,
more important, a broader sense of national narrative.”
— Los Angeles Times
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“[What is] extraordinary is the writer’s
herculean research and the many relevant or just colorful items he uses to fill
in the edges and corners and form the frame of this sprawling portrait…there’s
much to enjoy here.”
— Newsday
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“This is gripping material…Perlstein’s gift lies
in illustrating broad political trends through surprising snapshots of American
culture and media.”
— Chicago Reader
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“Full of the tragic, the infuriating, and the
darkly funny, Perlstein captures the frantic nature of the period.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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“This is an ambitious, wide-ranging, and superbly
written account filled with wonderful insights into key players, from the
prominent to the unjustifiably obscure…A masterful interpretation of years
critical to the formation of our current political culture.”
— Booklist (starred review)
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“Sweeping, insightful, and richly rewarding…His
riveting narrative continues the author’s efforts to chronicle the ascendancy
of conservatism in American political life…This is a fascinating, extremely
readable account of an important decade in America’s political history.”
— BookPage