This "novel" [Full Disclosure] is a long series of very bad sentences. The "characters" speak exclusively in stupid clichés. And he has a lot of trouble opening his chapters, poor Mr. Safire, which he copes with as best he knows how by being bright and snappy. In his White House, we feel that everyone has been chewing gum just before uttering the flat remarks that are his approximation of dialogue. That is all part of his cynical fabrication of a plot by which to convey his observations. But he has one or two authentic observations. They are of genuine interest. 1) Though this was not his intention, he makes one realize that even the White House no longer has a large staff of well-trained servants…. 2) Safire understands Nixon. (p. 106)

Farley Clinton, in National Review (© National Review, Inc., 1978; 150 East 35th St., New York, N. Y. 10016), January 20, 1978.