I wish I'd read this book when it was first published. 15 years later, this territory feels not only well-worn, but also exasperating. Years and years of think pieces on the culture, values, and voting tendencies of the "white working class" have left me cold in the wake of 2016. I'm not sure what I was expecting this one to do for me; maybe I hoped to find some new enlightenment about our current situation? Spoiler: I didn't.