âA rich, believable portrait of a master politician out of office: needy, rivalrous, thin-skinned, proud, hot-tempered.â âThe New York Review of Books
Updated in 2017 and hailed as, âengrossingâŚdetailed and intimateâ (Publishers Weekly), veteran political journalist Joe Conasonâs Man of the World brings you along with Bill Clinton, as the forty-second president blazes new paths in his post-presidential career.
It is unlike the second career of any other president: âBill Clintonâ is a global brand, rising from the dark days of his White House departure to become one of the most popular names in the world. In his âdeeply researchedâ (The New York Times Book Review) Man of the World, Joe Conason describes how that happened, examining Clintonâs achievements, his failures, his motivations, and his civilian life. He explains why Clintonâs ambitions for the world continue to inspire (and infuriate).
Conason, who has covered Clinton for twenty years, interviewed him many times for this bookâas well as Hillary and Chelsea and many of his friends, aides, rivals, and supporters. He has travelled with Clinton to Africa, Haiti, Israel, and across America. Conasonâs âoften absorbing chronicle captures the energy and charisma of the former president as heâŚfinds a mission in his philanthropic work in Africa, Asia, and elsewhereâ (Kirkus Reviews). Man of the Worldâstarring the one and only Bill Clintonâtells the engrossing story of an extraordinary man who is still seeking to do good in the world.