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Bob Woodward: The secret man (2005, Simon & Schuster) 4 stars

Review of 'The secret man' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

It's so frustrating--Woodward is such a fantastic researcher and such a poor writer. There's a focus that's sorely lacking in most of his books that's present on every page of [b:The Final Days|27512|The Final Days|Bob Woodward|http://images.gr-assets.com/books/1403346303s/27512.jpg|1039967] and [b:All the President's Men|96123|All the President's Men|Carl Bernstein|http://images.gr-assets.com/books/1347805228s/96123.jpg|2486632], both co-authored with Carl Bernstein. Bernstein is featured in a tacked-on coda to the book, which dispatches its narrative with more crisp efficiency than anything Woodward can summon in the previous pages. Hrm.