Ghostwritten, I assume, since he mentions getting a ghost writer when he was going to write a book that praises Trump, but quite entertaining. He says we'll hate him but I did not for most of the book. It's told as the sorrowful tale of one who was in a cult, now out seeing the error of his ways. His love for Trump is convincing even as he sees the horribleness he is part of. I believe all his stories and his portrait of Trump certainly matches all the evidence and what I've read in [b:Rage|53317913|Rage|Bob Woodward|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1597575057l/53317913.SY75.jpg|81657197] which I read at the same time. When he finally gets arrested I was pleased to see him suffer, if even that can be believed. Is this a book of a reformed man? Or just a vengeful hit job? Hard to tell, especially since it's ghosted so I can't get close enough to Mr Cohen's true thoughts.

There's no quick fix for a country in which this could happen, no matter what the next administration may do and there's no instant transformation of a man from one who can do what he does while in the cult to one who would never act that way again given the right circumstances. Will the evangelicals get to hear how Trump was playing them and learn anything? I don't think they'll get so far as to even find out they were played and so many in this country are still being played. I suppose there are still many Nazis in modern Germany too.

I enjoyed, mostly, reading this, the stories acting as a respite from the horrible world we're living in. The awfulness, I fear, will remain for while but maybe it can be covered over with something more pleasant soon.