The Power Broker

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Name

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Author

Robert A. Caro

Genre

Biography / urban history

Vibe

Obsessive, infuriating, weirdly propulsive

Best read on

Long LIRR or NJ Transit hauls when you need a project

My take

It’s 1,300 pages about a guy who ruined half the region with highways, and somehow it reads like a thriller; you start seeing every bridge and parkway like a crime scene and can’t unsee it.