WELL, HE DOES TELL IT AS A TALE OF THE UNDEAD:

Stephen King’s 10 best list (Marjorie Kehe | 12.07.08, CS Monitor)

5. Nixonland, Rick Perlstein
Nonfiction that has the sweep of an epic novel, with The Great American Political Vampire at the center of the action. It’s the best history of the turbulent ’60s I’ve ever read.