The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis has made a career of turning arcane subjects such as baseball statistics (Moneyball), collateralized debt obligations (The Big Short), and football strategy (The Blind Side) into bestselling books. In The Fifth Risk, Lewis tackles another obscure subject, government bureaucracy, specifically the engine rooms of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and Energy—what they do, how they do it, and why we should care.  

It sounds dull, dull, dull, but Lewis has the gift of finding the compelling stories, the unsung heroes, and the quirky characters in the driest places. This informative book is both uplifting and occasionally frightening.

It also feels under developed. This is because two of the three sections appeared first as articles in Vanity Fair and the other as an audio book. I would have liked more information, but perhaps the movie version (the rights already acquired) will expand on the subject!