The review below by Henry Seward of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, by J.D. Vance, was published on the World Socialist Web Site in January 2017. After his 2016 bestseller raised his profile in corporate media and political circles, Vance began to follow the reactionary political logic of his book, dropping his initial criticisms of Donald Trump and becoming an ardent advocate of the fascistic Make America Great Again campaign.