Blood Sport

The President and His Adversaries

De: James B. Stewart

Narrado por: Boyd Gaines

Blood Sport is the explosive national best seller that became front-page news by exposing the truth about the Clinton White House. With new revelations in this edition, Blood Sport is the definitive account of independent counsel Kenneth Starr's potentially historic investigation of a president and first lady.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Den of Thieves turns his discerning eye and incomparable investigative and storytelling skills to the scandals that plagued the Clintons. Informative and shocking, Blood Sport reveals the facts about Whitewater, Travelgate, Vince Foster's suicide, the independent counsel investigation, and the rumors of conspiracy and cover-up at the White House.

Drawing on hundreds of interviews, Stewart provides an unprecedented close-up view of the Clintons as well as a telling portrait of how political combat is waged today.

©1996 James B. Stewart (P)1996 Simon & Schuster

Great performance!

This book is really well done and researched. But the narrator really stole the show.

An American Tragedy Long Forgotten.

Boyd Gaines does a fine job narrating a very controversial true crime story that disappeared under the radar by the time Hillary Rodham Clinton's husband secured the nomination for his second (far more corrupt) Presidential term. James Stewart is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who wrote what has to be the only fair and balanced account of Vincent Foster's tragic demise, which had far reaching consequences for then President Clinton and the hard right conservatives who wished to destroy him.

NOT about Kenneth Starr's investigation

If you read the summary of this book before buying, you might be very disappointed that though it does cover Whitewater in depth, it mostly looks at the history of Whitewater and the period of the Clinton presidency that Robert Fiske was special prosecutor investigating the Whitewater scandal. The book ends with Ken Starr being appointed special prosecutor, and barely covers any of his investigation, including nothing of impeachment. Clearly the summary was written in 1995 or 1996, but considering it's 2020 and we all know what happened, it's not okay that it still claims, "Blood Sport is the definitive account of independent counsel Kenneth Starr's potentially historic investigation of a president and first lady."

Other than that big let down of my expectations, the book is fantastic and offers rich details of the Clintons' real estate and commodity investments in Arkansas before moving to DC.

Abridgement leaves wanting

I was disappointed that the full book wasn’t available. Too many gaps in the story, but otherwise a decent performance.

Great book !

Very informative. Careful even-handed reporting by James Stewart. And great delivery by the narrator. Highly recommend.