Whatever else Bill Clinton de-serves—and many Americans still argue about that—a better literary legacy is long overdue. So far his presidency has received a lousy treatment from three different sorts of writers: first, crude hatchet jobs by what his wife called the vast right-wing conspiracy (see box on next page); second, absurdly pro-Clinton apologies from loyalists who blame conservatives for everything; and lastly a chaotic meandering "diary dump" from the man himself (now available in paperback at 1,056 pages).
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