As the products, people and catchphrases pile up, Triumph of the Yuppies can feel, for better and worse, like a lost verse of Billy Joel’s boomer anthem We Didn’t Start the Fire ... Thankfully, there are some through lines.
McGrath neatly integrates his comprehensive research with brief, magazine-style profiles ... Those who lived through the time will find themselves nodding (and perhaps smiling) in recognition at McGrath's concise evocations of shared cultural touchstones.