Death by (Ouch) a Thousand Paper Cuts A Washington Post reviewer suggests that Kristin Gore's new book, Sammy's House, is actually a roman a clef featuring Bill Clinton and her father.

Much of the book, Patrick Anderson says, "can only be read as an angry, down-and-dirty roman a clef in which President Wye and Vice President Gary stand in for President Clinton and Vice President Gore; we watch as the former becomes embroiled in a scandal that horrifies the honorable No. 2 who has served him loyally. Kristin Gore is a comic writer, but there's nothing remotely funny about her scathing fictional portrait of Clinton."

Gore disagrees! She writes to the Post, "I'd rather give myself a thousand paper cuts than write a thinly veiled roman à clef." Furthermore, she has only the highest opinion of Bill Clinton.

Hmmmm...if you read the review, it kinda sorta does sound like she's talking about her dad and his boss.  ¶ 1:36 PM