Man of the World

“A rich believable portrait of a master politician out of office: needy rivalrous thin-skinned proud hot-tempered.” —The New York Review of Books Updated in 2017 and hailed as “engrossing…detailed and intimate” (Publishers Weekly) veteran political journalist Joe Conason’s Man of the World brings you along with Bill Clinton as the forty-second president blazes new paths in his post-presidential career.It is unlike the second career of any other president: “Bill Clinton” is a global brand rising from the dark days of his White House departure to become one of the most popular names in the world. In his “deeply researched” (The New York Times Book Review) Man of the World Joe Conason describes how that happened examining Clinton’s achievements his failures his motivations and his civilian life. He explains why Clinton’s ambitions for the world continue to inspire (and infuriate). Conason who has covered Clinton for twenty years interviewed him many times for this book—as well as Hillary and Chelsea and many of his friends aides rivals and supporters. He has travelled with Clinton to Africa Haiti Israel and across America. Conason’s “often absorbing chronicle captures the energy and charisma of the former president as he…finds a mission in his philanthropic work in Africa Asia and elsewhere” (Kirkus Reviews). Man of the World—starring the one and only Bill Clinton—tells the engrossing story of an extraordinary man who is still seeking to do good in the world.