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...PRIMARY CLINTON: On March 5, Doubleday will publish "The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton" by Joe Klein, author of "Primary Colors." Says Klein's publisher, "This is not just another Clinton book. In fact, it is the only book to read if you want to understand exactly what happened - to the military, to the economy, to the American people and to the country - during Bill Clinton's presidency." Klein, who has followed Clinton since the latter was the governor of Arkansas, was granted three exclusive interviews with Bubba...
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...characters in Jennifer Egan's intriguing new novel Look at Me (Doubleday; 415 pages; $24.95) grope for something substantial in the blizzard of images and information that make up contemporary life. At the center is Charlotte Swenson, an aging fashion model whose face must be reconstructed, with 80 titanium screws, after a pulverizing car accident. Though she looks perfectly normal, her former cronies in Manhattan's trendy night spots no longer recognize her, and her old life of amped-up photo shoots and weekends spent adorning the yachts of rich men slips away...
...Nepotism is the name of the game, says Adam Bellow, the book review editor of The National Review. Think George W. Bush. Think Al Gore. Think Adam Bellow, the son of novelist Saul Bellow, and the author of "In Praise of Nepotism" (Doubleday; April). Says his publisher, "Nepotism, the favored treatment of one?s relations, is a custom with infinitely more practitioners than defenders - especially in America, where a 200-year war has been waged against it by the forces of enlightened reform. It offends our sense of fair play and our meritocratic ethos, where what we have is supposed...
...televangelists Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson have softened up the book-buying public with their remarks about the ACLU, gays and abortion rights supporters being responsible for the terrorist attacks, it?s time for "The Broken Hearth: Reversing the Moral Collapse of the American Family" by William J. Bennett (Doubleday; September...