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Old 06-09-2010, 21:37   #45
Wynonie Harris
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Re: Blair, a must read, not

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Originally Posted by Ken Moss View Post
Memoirs are a great read and I must admit I've been looking forward to this one. Biographies don't really do it for me, they're always tainted by the rose-tinted spectacles of the fan who's written it so a warts-and-all autobiography is always the better bet. I want a better insight into the Iraq War and was hoping to gain some understanding of why he did it.
You are joking, aren't you, Ken? You really expected "a warts-and-all autobiography" from this slippery customer? This vainglorious self-publicist who proved himself to be the ultimate master of spin, a skilled practioner in the illusionist's art of smoke and mirrors?

As for biographies being "tainted by the rose-tinted spectacles of the fan who's written it", that's exactly the trap that this book will fall into because it's been written by Blair's biggest fan of all!
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