A moving, sad and brilliant account of US Grant, this biography gave me such sympathy for Grant the man. So flawed, so misunderstood and so melancholy–I dream of writing fiction as satisfying. Don’t assume that because you’re not into politics or the military that this book would bore you. If you like exploring the complexity of the human soul you’ll love this.

http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/02/22/home/840.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/1981/0624/062409.html