Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 11:57 am EST
New “Instant Book” on Sen. Obama
The Wall Street Journal reports today on a new biography about Sen. Obama’s life, which it suggests is the first to be written about him, rather than by him. Amazingly, the book — Hopes and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama — was written by freelance writer Steve Dougherty in only two weeks.
Dougherty’s book is reportedly “a straight-ahead account of Mr. Obama’s life that includes the opinions of admirers and critics.” The author is quoted as saying, “I didn’t have an ax to grind either way.”
Read it? Post your reactions and thoughts in the comments section if you have a chance.
March 1st, 2007 at 2:41 pm EST
A “straight-ahead account,” huh? Yeah, so was ‘Unfit For Command.’ I might flip through this if I happen to spot it on a bookshelf somewhere, but I doubt I’d dump money on it. Generally, I’m not interested in crap turned out in 2-weeks for the sole purpose of cashing in on a fad. Not to say that Obama himself is a fad. It’s just that ‘instant books’ like this seemed geared to that weird, little Anna-Nichole-was-murdered and Someone-save-Britney audience.
March 1st, 2007 at 8:59 pm EST
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