Post 4: The Review

     Mr. Klein's faithful reminiscence of the Clinton Administration has proved to be a valuable asset in a historically accurate, if personally charged, account of the inner workings of the bureaucracy. The novel drives deep into the day-to-day affairs of the Clintons while not being overly telling, presenting a colorful and interesting tale that whoever wishes for a realistically objective story should read. Many details not publicly well-known are scrutinized while a glimpse of the inner workings of Washington is given. Throughout its substantive and relevant proceedings, many politically significant events are given a moderate perspective to be peered through. For those wanting a comprehensive yet pleasantly temperate telling of one of the most misunderstood and crucial presidencies in recent times, with a noticeable but strangely quaint tendency to stray into the emotional, this book is an excellent read. Thus the book is definitely recommendable as a well-balanced, if complicated, political memoir of an essential figure. Indeed the book may be enjoyed by those who like a moderate account of history in general and for those who cherish a rare flower of temperament in a jungle of political backbiting. The whole account was, personally, vastly informative of politics in America. It gave an idea of how things work in Washington that is simple and, perhaps exactly for that reason, rings true. It details how every party wants to serve their own interests in an environment where a ideologically pure candidate is struck down as an ideologue, where every candidate, be him or her Democrat or Republican, has to beg the corporate establishment for funds through the butchering of their own ideals. When a strong personality like Bill Clinton has to change his own ideology the minute he steps in office, it truly shows just how corrupt Washington  and the complacent media have become.