Match BookWhen at Times the Mob Is Swayed: A Citizen’s Guide to Defending Our Republic
Burt Neuborne
2019 · 192 pages · Narrative nonfiction
How it reads
When at Times the Mob Is Swayed: A Citizen’s Guide to Defending Our Republic is narrative nonfiction (constitutional civics, specifically), and its dominant mood is hopeful. Whatever it puts its people through, it believes things can get better. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.
It's set in a big city setting, in the recent past, told in the first person by a single narrator. Its central concerns are power and politics, justice and identity. In weight it's heavy and literary — denser, more serious, and more demanding of you.
It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending resolves happily. At 192 pages it's a single-sitting book. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something hopeful
- you want something to chew on
- you want a complete story in one book
Maybe not if…
- you need something melancholy or dark
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- narrative nonfiction
- Author gender
- male
- Author experience
- prolific veteran
- Setting: place
- big city
- Setting: time
- recent past
- Mood / feeling
- hopeful
- Pace
- moderate
- Tone / weight
- heavy and literary
- Length
- short
- Narrative style
- first person, one narrator
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- moderately known
- Series vs standalone
- standalone
- Themes
- power and politics, justice, identity
- Ending style
- resolved and happy
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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