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Nonfiction Working-stiff workers left behind LISTEN, LIBERAL -or- Whatever Happened to the Party of the People? By Thomas Frank 308 pp. Henry Holt Reviewed by Dennis C. Rizzo I suspect Thomas Frank is one of the few people not surprised by the victory of Donald Trump. Clairvoyant? Prophetic? Maybe. Perhaps simply willing to look beyond conventional wisdom and the smug predictions of egocentric pundits. In a little over three hundred pages, Frank explains how the Democratic Party self-destructed, forgot its roots in the working class, and convinced itself that it still stands for the wage earner while pandering to Wall Street and other typically “Republican” entities. I would have been convinced at one hundred pages, but he’s the writer. Listen, Liberal is written in the style of investigative journalism. This means you are provided with facts, figures and verifiable information in such a way that your eyes don’t glaze over after two pages. I could have dismissed this as yet another in...