Bill's Book

I haven't read or even sent away for Bill Clinton's autobiography yet but more than 20 of you have ordered it from Amazon via this site. That's the most ever purchased that way, apart from books by me, so I thought I ought to put up an Amazon link and make it easy for anyone else who wants a copy. Personally, I'm in no rush. I can't recall ever enjoying the memoirs of any political figure unless that person was so far retired from activity that they had absolutely nothing to lose…and sometimes, even that doesn't lead to any real sense of candor. Though I usually enjoy hearing Clinton speak, I have no reason to expect his book to depart from the norm for political autobiography.

One thing I find amusing is Amazon's "Reader Reviews" section which is already flooded with bogus write-ups of Clinton's book. Folks who loathe him are writing that it is boring and filled with lies. Folks who love him are writing that it's honest and fascinating. And it's pretty obvious that few (if any) of these posters have even touched a copy of the thing. I guess it makes them feel like they're doing something for their cause. Most of the reviews I've seen so far by professionals who were paid to review the book haven't struck me as coming from a different set of motives, though at least some of them seem to have read some of it.