Memoir Armoire

When Crown Publishing inked a deal with George W. Bush for his memoirs, the publisher knew it wasn’t getting Faulkner. But the book, at least, promises “gripping, never-before-heard detail” about the former president’s key decisions, offering to bring readers “aboard Air Force One on 9/11, in the hours after America’s most devastating attack since Pearl Harbor; at the head of the table in the Situation Room in the moments before launching the war in Iraq,” and other undisclosed and weighty locations. Crown also got a mash-up of worn-out anecdotes from previously published memoirs written by his subordinates, from which Bush lifts quotes word for word, passing them off as his own recollections.

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George Bush Book ‘Decision Points’ Lifted From Advisers’ Books

…And the press, and other books…

Lying worked for him in office, so I guess maybe he thought why stop now.

I find also that Mo Mowlam’s part in the Northern Ireland peace process has been rather overstated. So to put the record straight, it was all down to me. The talks had reached an impasse and I said to Gerry and David, “Look guys, we’re on a journey,” and they said, “Cool Tony, We’re with you.

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Digested read: Tony Blair A Journey | Politics | The Guardian

My mole at Waterstones tells me that Tony Blair’s autobiography has been flying off the shelves since its release yesterday.

Because I have nothing good to say about Tony Blair, I recommend this digested read instead.

Former US president George W Bush is to join his old friend Tony Blair as one of Random House’s authors, with his memoir Decision Points acquired for a release in the UK this November.

Dubbed a “groundbreaking new brand of memoir” by the publisher, the book will explore Bush’s 14 “most critical and historic decisions”, including the war in Iraq and his response to hurricane Katrina, and will be published simultaneously in the US, UK and Canada in hardback, ebook and audio formats on 9 November.

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guardian.co.uk

No thanks.