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The New Yorker's award-winning war correspondent returns to his own country to chronicle a story of mounting civic breakdown and violent disorder, in a vivid eyewitness narrative of revelatory explanatory power.

'This is a searing book, exquisitely reported, lyrically told, and so vivid it will make your heart stop-a dark…

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1 author picked The Storm Is Here as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Faced with the deluge of modern events, I rely on intrepid authors like Mogelson to help me make sense of the world.

The book is his report back from spending a year traveling across the U.S. from the spring of 2020 to the winner of 2021, from Covid-lockdown protests in Michigan to the insurrection of January 6 in Washington, D.C. I found it both insightful and heartbreaking. 

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