Jeff Smith reviewed New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) new memoir which sold just 948 copies in its first week.
“All Things Possible turns out to be the 2014 political analog to Splenda–a saccharine memoir about Cuomo’s family, upbringing and political life meant to substitute for his actual presence on the campaign trail as he coasts to reelection. Its hagiographic gaze is certainly not unique among politicians, but even in the already low bar that is the political biography genre, Cuomo’s book seems unique in the degree to which current controversies circling the governor are not just glossed over, but ignored completely. It’s as if Larry Craig tried to write a memoir without mentioning the Minneapolis airport. (He actually did try to do that, but no publisher bit.)”
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