The Nineties (book) explained

The Nineties
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Author:	Chuck Klosterman
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Publisher:	Penguin Books
Pub Date:	February 8, 2022
Media Type:	Print (hardcover and paperback)

The Nineties: A Book is a 2022 book by Chuck Klosterman. It is an analysis of historical trends and pop culture phenomena in the decade of the 1990s. It was released February 8, 2022, by Penguin Books.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It debuted at No. 2 on The New York Times nonfiction bestseller list on February 27, 2022.^[5]

Summary

Topics include an exploration of grunge, a brief history of VHS rental stores and those who worked there (future film directors Quentin Tarantino and Kevin Smith), analysis of the 1992 and 2000 presidential elections, the rise of the Internet, the popularity of country musician Garth Brooks, the decade's stance against "selling out" and interviews with author Douglas Coupland about his 1991 novel .^{[6] [7] [8]}

Partial list of shows, albums and films discussed

• Titanic
• Seinfeld
• Reality Bites
• Friends
• Falling Down
• Pulp Fiction
• Clerks
• Jagged Little Pill
• Exile in Guyville
• Natural Born Killers
• Nevermind
• In The Company of Men
• The Matrix
• Body Count
• The X-Files
• Dazed and Confused
• That 70s Show
• Kids
• Reservoir Dogs
• Ken Burns' Baseball
• ER
• American Beauty

See also

Events discussed in the book:

• Columbine school shootings
• Gulf War
• Ross Perot 1992 presidential campaign
• O. J. Simpson
• 1996 Russian presidential election
• Waco siege
• Cloning of Dolly (sheep)
• 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike
• Rodney King riots
• Oklahoma City bombing
• Clinton–Lewinsky scandal
• Year 2000 problem
• Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II
• The Unabomber
• 9/11
• The Berlin Wall
• 2000 United States presidential election
• Indiewood

External links

• Official webpage

Notes and References

1. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/chuck-klosterman/the-nineties/ Review
2. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7352-1795-9 Review
3. https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-nineties-a-book-2132281 Review
4. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-nineties-by-chuck-klosterman-review-mzg5wbgpc Review
5. https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2022/02/27/ Best Sellers - Books - Feb. 27, 2022 - The New York Times
6. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/02/07/chuck-klosterman-brings-back-the-nineties Chuck Klosterman Brings Back the Nineties|The New Yorker
7. Web site: Chuck Klosterman Rewinds to 'The Nineties' (Published 2022) . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230519164019/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/books/review-nineties-chuck-klosterman.html . May 19, 2023 . live .
8. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a39022714/chuck-klosterman-the-nineties/ Gen X, Grunge and Sellout Stuff: Chuck Klosterman on "The Nineties" - Esquire