Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, by Michael Wolff (Henry Holt and Company, 2018, 339 pages, $30)
#1 New York
Times Bestseller! Controversial!*
I did read James Comey’s
book and was inspired so when I saw Fire
and Fury at a yard sale for a buck, I grabbed it. We here at DogEvals
finally gave in and decided to post a blurb about this book (we are always
late!). A blurb is a short blog!
Note that this book covers
the first nine months of the Trump Administration so, by now, it is history and
we can put it all in perspective.
If, . . . .
Fire and Fury is a fun book! You will like it better if you are a news junkie and
really pay attention to the news every day or if you are a PolySci major who
has studied government. Either way most readers will be familiar with all the
names, with who’s been good and who hasn’t (sounds like Santa Claus asking).
If you are just an ordinary
person (like me) who tries to keep up but finds it all too complex, join the
party! Author Michael Wolff is here to help.
I don’t know how a 339-page
book can be called light reading but I found it easy to lay down and pick up
again and not lose any part of the plot, perhaps because I know how it all
turns out.
Again, note that this book
covers only the first few months of the Trump administration and we are a
couple of years past that. Nevertheless, it is a fun book, especially if you
like gossip. However, it all seems so real and fascinating at the same time.
Organization
Wolff wrote 22 chapters plus
a prologue and an epilogue, with chapters ranging chronologically from Election
Day, Trump Tower and Day One through Jarvanka, At Home and Comey to Mika,
Scaramucci and General Kelly. Alas, no Pence, no Stephen Miller, no Kellyanne.
. . . but you can read the chapters in any order.
Did you know that Mr. Trump
is on the phone to old friends in the evening, asking how things appear to
them? Do you know why son-in-law Jared Kushner and Steve Bannon are seldom in
the same room?
And my final question is,
just who is author Michael Wolff anyway and how did he learn all this ‘stuff’
and when is his next book coming out? And, Michael, not to worry – I don’t
think Mr. Trump will ever read a book of yours (or anyone’s?).
*Other descriptors (not
mine: others beat me to it): brilliant, stormy, outrageous, mesmerizing,
volatile, riveting, explosive
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