Thomas Frank is the author of What's the Matter With Kansas?, which examined why people seem to vote against their economic interests, and the recently published The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule.He told Newsweek about his five most important books, and addressed two related issues:
A book you always return to:Read more about Frank's 5 most important books.
Edmund Wilson's "The American Jitters." Super account of the Great Depression.
A classic you revisited with disappointment:
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "This Side of Paradise" seemed hopelessly juvenile.
--Marshal Zeringue