Esquire Classic: Mark Zwonitzer on the making of “What It Takes” By Alex Belth• Notable Narratives• February 24, 2016 “What It Takes,” Richard Ben Cramer’s exhaustive account of the 1988 presidential election, took so long to report and write—six years in all—that it wasn’t published until the 1992 election. Clocking in at over 1,000 pages, it’s a … Read more