Nixonland

A DNF. I respect the clearly exhaustive research that went into compiling the book. Pearlstein has an evident passion for the subject in his meticulous recounting of a tumultuous decade in American society. And I find myself intrigued in parts, often googling the names of people and events mentioned. However, Nixonlands strength is also its undoing. Pearlstein is so broad in recounting the 60s turmoil that it eventually becomes a chore to get through. Pages and pages describing riots, protests, and counter-culture movements are interesting initially, but after about three hundred pages, it becomes pretty repetitive.

I'm not sure where the editor was, but I couldn't help but feel this could have benefited from a much tighter edit.