Re-reading this (in 2020) many, many years after I read it last, and it is astonishing how much more immediate and pressing the anti-semitism and the absurdity of the lunatic fringe now seem. The hatred has been with us for a long time, of course, but why did we feel so insulated from it 20 years ago? Were we naive or complicit way back when the 90s were coming to a close?