Description
Book SynopsisNew York Times Bestseller
What are the consequences if the people given control over our government have no idea how it works?
Trade Review"[A] page turner.… [Lewis'] most ambitious and important book." -- New York Times Book Review
"Fascinating—and at times harrowing…. Lewis tells an important and timely story, one that all of us who pay for, care about, and want government to work should hear." -- NPR
"A hymn to the 'deep state,' which is revealed as nothing more than people who know what they're talking about." -- Cory Doctorow - Boing Boing
"[A] spellbinding, alarming analysis of the most serious threats to Americans’ safety happening now from inside the U.S. government." -- Quartz
"Displaying his usual meticulous research and fluid prose, [Lewis] makes the federal bureaucracy come alive by focusing on a few individuals within each agency with fascinating—and sometimes heartwarming—backstories.…[A] well-written primer on how the government serves citizens in underappreciated ways." -- Kirkus (starred review)
"Illuminating.… It's relevance to readers won't end with the Trump era." -- Publishers Weekly
