Devotees of Ganz’s pugilistic writing on Substack may be surprised by the restraint he displays in his first book. When the Clock Broke is a work of narrative history that is comparatively light on confrontation and polemic.

Terrific.

Lively...argues with disarming vim.

Accomplished.

When the Clock Broke makes a convincing case for paying closer attention to the early 1990s.

A must-read for every American wondering how we got here..

A searching history.

Lucid and propulsive.