Spinning Platters
Jul 30th, 2005 at 11:27 am by Susie
Joe Queenan does a very, very funny review of Ed Klein’s Hillary-bashing book. Here’s one good bit but you really should read it all:
As an expert on sordid nonfiction, I would not put ”The Truth About Hillary” anywhere near the top of my list; it pales by comparison with Geraldo Rivera’s sublimely vile autobiography, ”Exposing Myself,” and seems demure, nuanced and levelheaded by comparison with masterpieces of partisan venom like the 60’s cold-war classic ”None Dare Call It Treason.”
No, I am not suggesting that Edward Klein is a fair, balanced, persuasive, scrupulously honest reporter or a gifted writer. Resorting to chilling Rip Van Winklisms like ”Bill and Hillary often grooved the night away at Cozy Beach, spinning the latest Jefferson Airplane platters,” Klein sometimes sounds like a cryogenically preserved Maynard G. Krebs. Like, dig: the cat is far out.
What I am saying is that if Klein purposely set out to write the sleaziest, most derivative, most despicable political biography ever, he has failed both himself and his readers miserably. ”The Truth About Hillary” is only about the 16th sleaziest book I have ever read. Though, in fairness to the author, reading creepy, cut-and-paste books is my hobby.
