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"""A wonderful read! Equal parts entertaining and insightful, McGrath charts the rise and fall of the Yuppies with a cast of larger-than-life characters. You'll come for the nostalgic trip through the eighties--and stay for the sharp social commentary that underscores how Yuppies created the world we live in today.""--New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich ""In Triumph of the Yuppies, Tom McGrath brings us right down memory lane in a highly readable, highly enjoyable way. For readers born into the Yuppie generation, or who are just curious what it was all about and why it matters, this is the book for you!""--New York Times bestselling author William Cohan"

"""If Sharper Image stores were still around, they could offer their coolest gadget ever: a time machine that looks like a book. Tom McGrath smoothly transports us back to the neon-lit moment of sushi, suspenders, and junk bonds that fascinatingly illuminates the darker economy we live with today.""--Benjamin Wallace, author of the New York Times bestseller The Billionaire's Vinegar ""If you want to understand why the economic disparity, polarized politics, and rampant excesses of the Reagan '80s still haunt these Divided States of America, Triumph of the Yuppies is a Rosetta Stone for decoding how that decade shaped our current climate of widening class inequity, manic materialism, and self-indulgence. Make room on your bookshelf for Tom McGrath's ideal companion volume to Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities, Steve Gillon's Boomer Nation, David Brooks' Bobos in Paradise, Susan Faludi's Backlash, and, yes, that way-overdue Blockbuster video of Wall Street."" --David Friend, author of The Naughty Nineties ""A wonderful read! Equal parts entertaining and insightful, McGrath charts the rise and fall of the Yuppies with a cast of larger-than-life characters. You'll come for the nostalgic trip through the eighties--and stay for the sharp social commentary that underscores how Yuppies created the world we live in today.""--New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich ""In Triumph of the Yuppies, Tom McGrath brings us right down memory lane in a highly readable, highly enjoyable way. For readers born into the Yuppie generation, or who are just curious what it was all about and why it matters, this is the book for you!""--New York Times bestselling author William Cohan"

"""Insightful and immensely entertaining.""--Kirkus (starred review) ""If you want to understand why the economic disparity, polarized politics, and rampant excesses of the Reagan eighties still haunt these Divided States of America, Triumph of the Yuppies is a Rosetta Stone. Make room on your bookshelf for Tom McGrath's ideal companion volume to Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities, Steve Gillon's Boomer Nation, David Brooks' Bobos in Paradise, and Susan Faludi's Backlash."" --David Friend, author of The Naughty Nineties ""If Sharper Image stores were still around, they could offer their coolest gadget ever: a time machine that looks like a book. Tom McGrath smoothly transports us back to the neon-lit moment of sushi, suspenders, and junk bonds that fascinatingly illuminates the darker economy we live with today.""--Benjamin Wallace, author of the New York Times bestseller The Billionaire's Vinegar ""A wonderful read! Equal parts entertaining and insightful, McGrath charts the rise and fall of the Yuppies with a cast of larger-than-life characters. You'll come for the nostalgic trip through the eighties--and stay for the sharp social commentary that underscores how Yuppies created the world we live in today.""--New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich ""In Triumph of the Yuppies, Tom McGrath brings us right down memory lane in a highly readable, highly enjoyable way. For readers born into the Yuppie generation, or who are just curious what it was all about and why it matters, this is the book for you!""--New York Times bestselling author William Cohan"

"""Tom McGrath offers a lively popular history of the 1980s centered on the rise and the eclipse of the Yuppies.""--Shelf Awareness ""A beguiling look at an era that inaugurated an ever-widening rift between a self-satisfied elite and a resentful working class.""--Publishers Weekly (starred review) ""Insightful and immensely entertaining.""--Kirkus (starred review) ""If you want to understand why the economic disparity, polarized politics, and rampant excesses of the Reagan eighties still haunt these Divided States of America, Triumph of the Yuppies is a Rosetta Stone. Make room on your bookshelf for Tom McGrath's ideal companion volume to Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities, Steve Gillon's Boomer Nation, David Brooks' Bobos in Paradise, and Susan Faludi's Backlash."" --David Friend, author of The Naughty Nineties ""If Sharper Image stores were still around, they could offer their coolest gadget ever: a time machine that looks like a book. Tom McGrath smoothly transports us back to the neon-lit moment of sushi, suspenders, and junk bonds that fascinatingly illuminates the darker economy we live with today.""--Benjamin Wallace, author of the New York Times bestseller The Billionaire's Vinegar ""A wonderful read! Equal parts entertaining and insightful, McGrath charts the rise and fall of the Yuppies with a cast of larger-than-life characters. You'll come for the nostalgic trip through the eighties--and stay for the sharp social commentary that underscores how Yuppies created the world we live in today.""--New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich ""In Triumph of the Yuppies, Tom McGrath brings us right down memory lane in a highly readable, highly enjoyable way. For readers born into the Yuppie generation, or who are just curious what it was all about and why it matters, this is the book for you!""--New York Times bestselling author William Cohan"

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Tom McGrath wasthe editor-in-chief of Philadelphia magazine, as well as chief content officer of Metro Corp., the parent company of Philadelphia and Boston between 2010 and 2020. Under his leadership, the magazines won more than fifty awards for editorial excellence. In 2022, he was named Writer of the Year at the National City and Regional Magazine Awards. He's written two previous books: MTV: The Making of a Revolution, and, with John Basedow, Fitness Made Simple.

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