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Title: A Big Disappointment
Review: What I expected was an inside look at the making and maintenance of fame. What I got was a bunch of rehashed, ten-year-old essays with brief "updates". Orth's choice of subjects was odd, unless you know that she is the wife of liberal commentator Tim Russert. Then the hit piece on Margaret Thatcher makes sense, though Margaret Trudeau would have been a better choice. Or Bill Clinton. But Carlos Menem? Putin? If there was anything new or insightful, the swipes at Fox News reporters and Reagan might have gotten a pass. I don't blame Orth for trying to repackage and resell old work under a new title, I blame the editors who bought it, and I blame myself for letting a good TV interview sucker me into buying it.
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