How to Write a Book Review without Naming the Author or the Book:

David Brooks' ingenious method of going about the panning of George W. Bush's recent fanciful memoir of his years in the White House does just that, and he chooses, of all people, Tolstoy to serve as his substitute.

As Brooks says, "[M]ost historical leaders write pallid memoirs not because they are hiding the truth but because they’ve been engaged in an activity that makes it impossible for them to see it clearly" (emphasis mine).