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Maraniss never generalizes about Clinton, and the book's account of his rise to prominence is so complete that it is hard for the reader to make generalizations about him either. But Clinton's political ambition, hard work, intelligence and sensitivity combined with a questionable character are constants throughout his life. Each quality is essential. All of those who knew him at different points in his life seem to understand his potential. They sense that Clinton is closer to achieving his goals than they are. He is destined to be First in His Class, even though he never graduated first...
...loss to the reader. We want to hear more. First in His Class is a pageturner, but only because it informs rather than titillates. It may not change the minds of those who disagree with Clinton politically, but it does recognize the life story of our much maligned 42nd president for what it is: a great, often ambiguous, but uniquely American success story...
...pages; $22) isn't quite the equal of Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange, with which it is being compared, but in some ways it comes close. It's good enough in its first 50 or 60 pages of atmosphere setting, all smoke machines and flashing strobes, that the reader blinks, shakes his head and wonders whether Noon can sustain the weirdness. The answer, as shapes become familiar in the fog, lies somewhere between "no," "sort of" and "too mad to matter...
...Baker has been doing a little creative writing lately, and his words have landed him in the middle of the latest Internet set-to, one that pits a writer's First Amendment guarantees of free speech against a reader's right to privacy. Now Baker is facing expulsion and a possible sentence of five years on federal charges of sending threats over state lines...
...extraordinary short life. An invalid born into a wealthy Victorian family ruled by a strict father, Stevenson grew into a romantic wanderer, searching for a climate his bleeding lungs could tolerate. "McLynn tells his story with grace and skill," says TIME critic John Skow. "Only a dull reader will finish this biography without heading for the library to search out a complete edition of Stevenson's marvelous but now mostly unread short tales...