In The Big Break, Ben Terris delivers a book-length undressing of D.C. strivers of the Trump era.
The Washington Post reporter enters the social lives and salons of characters such as Leah Hunt-Hendrix, a former Occupy Wall Street protester and granddaughter of a Texas oil tycoon. She set up shop in D.C. to fight Trumpism, but we mostly see her bemoaning the choices of other Democrats. For instance, Sam Bankman-Fried, at that point still a crypto billionaire, and his brother Gabe show up with their own opinions about primary candidates—to Hunt-Hendrix's irritation.
