Memoirs are a tricky genre because in the overwhelming majority of cases they are written with the aim of embellishing the past and justifying the author’s mistakes. I really like the genre. I keep in my library more than a hundred autobiographies ranging from Chateaubriand to Clinton. It is always interesting to know the vision that each character has of himself and the anecdotes of his life. In recent days I have been avidly reading “Reconciliation,” the memoirs of Juan Carlos I, a very well-written book that I think is essential reading for what he says, how he says it and what he leaves out. It is not a work which serves to illustrate the… Read more
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