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Article: First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton.
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- The Washington Monthly
- Article date:
- March 1, 1995
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The best of Clinton, the worst of Clinton: A new biography carefully traces both back to their roots
This is a first-rate political biography by The Washington Post reporter who won a well-deserved Pulitzer two years ago for his reporting on Bill Clinton's presidential campaign. While the book contains no shocking revelations, it is full of small truths about Clinton's background and character. The book may not change any minds about Clinton, but it should contribute to a more complex understanding of a complex man. "The contradictions co-exist in Clinton," Maraniss writes. "Considerate and calculating, easy-going and ambitious, mediator and predator."
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