Klosterman zips in and around the entirety of the decade, and even readers who were up on pop culture at the time will be reminded of things they haven’t thought about in two or more decades. “Simultaneously a deep and light sprint through the decade that doesn’t just namecheck people and bands and movies, but burrows under as to why they were important then. Roving across flashpoints in movies, music, and politics, Klosterman captures a world where apathy was the defining tone, art was experiencing a seismic shift, and celebrity culture was on the eve of a digital explosion.” - Esquire “From one of our great chroniclers of pop culture comes this entertaining romp through the twilight years of the twentieth century. “ Generation X’s definitive chronicler of culture.” - GQ a master of smooth setups and downbeat finishes.” - USA Today “Serving up the moments and meanings of a modern decade in a few hundred pages is no easy task, but Chuck Klosterman has managed to boil a hearty stew of insight. “An engaging, nuanced and literate take on the alternately dynamic and diffident decade.” - Washington Post It’s a fascinating trip down memory lane.” - Time “In The Nineties, Klosterman examines the social, political and cultural history of the era with his signature wit. The result is a multidimensional masterpiece, a work of synthesis so smart and delightful that future historians might well refer to this entire period as Klostermanian. In The Nineties, Klosterman dissects the film, the music, the sports, the TV, the pre-9/11 politics, the changes regarding race and class and sexuality, the yin/yang of Oprah and Alan Greenspan, and (almost) everything else. Happily, Chuck Klosterman is more than up to the job.
The ’90s brought about a revolution in the human condition, and a shift in consciousness, that we’re still struggling to understand. It was the last era with a real mainstream to either identify with or oppose. Landlines fell to cell phones, the internet exploded, and pop culture accelerated without the aid of technology that remembered everything.
In between, one presidential election was allegedly decided by Ross Perot while another was plausibly decided by Ralph Nader.
It was long ago, but not as long as it seems: The Berlin Wall fell and the Twin Towers collapsed. From the author of But What If We’re Wrong comes an insightful, funny reckoning with a pivotal decade
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