Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s new memoir is scheduled to hit book stores this coming March, but it’s already raising eyebrows over its title.
The book reportedly paints a “vivid and forthright” look into Barr’s tenure in two “drastically different” presidents —Donald Trump and George H.W. Bush— According to William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, who is releasing Barr’s book
“Barr takes readers behind the scenes during seminal moments of the Bush administration in the 1990s, from the LA riots to Pan Am 103 and Iran Contra,” Morrow said Tuesday.
“With the Trump administration, Barr faced an unrelenting barrage of issues, such as Russiagate, the opioid epidemic, Chinese espionage, big tech, the COVID outbreak, civil unrest, the first impeachment, and the 2020 election fallout,” he added.
While the content of the book is certain to generate some interest, it’s the title of the book, “One Damn Thing After Another,” that has people talking.
Check some of the reactions below:
One Damning Thing After Another. https://t.co/GgCPjoFTX3
— Anti\•Social•/Media (@Terrista2) January 18, 2022
On this, Bill Barr and I completely agree. I also would title a book about his tenure at the Justice Department "One Damn Thing After Another."
But with a slightly different subhed: "And Each More Gobsmackingly Corrupt Than The Last."https://t.co/iOjG1qrGEc
— Liz Dye (@5DollarFeminist) January 18, 2022
The title really captures how we all felt watching him repeatedly capitulate to the unethical and illegal whims of his boss https://t.co/4CsiGSMOjp
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) January 18, 2022
Quite the title! https://t.co/ZQN7mbk5vR
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) January 18, 2022
I can't wait to not buy a copy One Damn Lie After Another
— taype international (@taypeinternat) January 18, 2022
👀 that title https://t.co/CjMdZwPfV9
— Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) January 18, 2022
Books sometimes have different covers for different areas/countries. pic.twitter.com/8KwITNuc8R
— Keysfins #MaskedBy Choice, We Care About Others! (@Keysfins) January 18, 2022
At first I thought this was a parody. Especially the title of the “book.” pic.twitter.com/ov98VkWpOb
— Don Keyhoty (@dkearnsjr) January 18, 2022
Interesting title. A commentary on the Administrations under which he served, or a condemnation of the nation? Someone will have to tell me.
— Gretchen A Peck (@GretchenAPeck) January 18, 2022
Subtitle: Enabling a Sociopath in Service to My Deranged Unitary Theory of Executive Power
— Richard Signorelli (@richsignorelli) January 18, 2022
He nabbed that title before DOJ reporters could claim it for their own memoirs of life on the beat. 🚨🚨 https://t.co/UKfJ0cBsc2
— Sadie Gurman (@sgurman) January 18, 2022
Plotline: Bill Barr has to cover up for Trump's endless crime spree and make it look kosher. Going to read it for self-incriminating evidence. Will not be purchasing, however. pic.twitter.com/XaIPzX7VRK
— GOP is still attempting to destroy democracy ✍️💉 (@wackygiraffe91) January 18, 2022
Weird that he titled it after a phrase used to describe boring historical accounts that refuse to explain why things happen and who has agency. https://t.co/yJ5WgXVKft
— Peter A. Shulman 📚 (@pashulman) January 18, 2022
