Friday, February 9, 2018

Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff

Fire and Fury:  Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff is a book that I bought on pre-order the instant I heard about it.

Started:  1/26/2018
Completed: 2/9/2018
Recommendation: Highly recommended
Recommended By:  Everyone

Words For Which I Sought Help:

auteur -- a filmmaker whose personal influence and artistic control over a movie are so great that the filmmaker is regarded as the author of the movie

bête noire -- a person or thing strongly detested or avoided

Borscht Belt -- a resort area in the Catskill Mountains frequented chiefly by Jewish guests

demimonde -- a group of people considered to be on the fringes of society

encomuium -- glowing and warming enthusiastic praise

louche -- disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way

mendacious -- not telling the truth; lying

myrmidon -- a hired ruffian or unscrupulous subordinate

samizdat -- the clandestine copying and distribution of literature banned by the state

tummler -- a person who makes things happen, in particular a professional entertainer or comedian whose function is to encourage an audience, guests at a resort, etc., to participate in entertainments or activities.

Review:

It is what you expect.  The White House is pretty much what you would expect.  The author is quite good at portraying things as though he were a fly on the wall.  He is well spoken and does a pretty good job of writing the material.

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