Why people recommend it
Crisis of Character by Gary J. Byrne is a controversial political memoir written by a former Secret Service officer detailing his time working in the Clinton White House. On The Book Review podcast in an episode titled Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘You’ll Grow Out of It’ released on July 18, 2024, Greg Coles discussed the influx of angry political books entering the nonfiction list, highlighting the anti-Clinton book written by a former Secret Service officer. Later, on the same podcast during an episode titled Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘How to Be a Person in the World’ released on July 18, 2024, guest Alexander Alter reviewed the bestselling nonfiction titles on the New York Times list, confirming that the book co-authored by Gary J. Byrne and Grant M. Schmidt held the number one spot and featured claims of witnessing scandalous behavior by the Clintons. Both speakers analyzed the book's rapid ascent on the bestseller charts amidst a turbulent political climate.
Who recommended it
- Greg Coles Discussed
- Alexander Alter Discussed
Greg Coles — 1 mention
“now uh the angry political books are starting to come out on the non-fiction list there's an anti-clinton book right at the top uh new in its first week um Gary burn who is a former secret service officer who who worked in the Clinton White House has a book called crisis of character”
Alexander Alter — 1 mention
“exactly on the on the non-fiction hard cover list this week for the New York Times the number one book is crisis of character by Gary J burn and Grant M Schmidt that is by a former secret service officer who claims to have witnessed scandalous Behavior by the clintons”
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“crisis of character um by uh Gary burn and Grant M Schmidt is number three”