“Sloppy, self-indulgent and often eye-crossingly dull”

The New York Times review of Bill Clinton’s book.

Referring to the $US10 million advance the publishers paid the author, the NYT said the unprecedented sum was understandable, given Mr Clinton’s obvious intelligence, charm and powerful grasp of language, coupled with his colourful life.

Unfortunately, the NYT said, the finished product reads more like a “messy pastiche” of everything Mr Clinton remembered, including lists of meals and a description of getting up early one morning to watch the inauguration of Nigeria’s new president on television.

“It devolves into a hodgepodge of jottings: part policy primer, part 12 step confessional, part stump speech and part presidential archive,” paper said.

“All, it seems, hurriedly written and even more hurriedly edited.”

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