"The Butler" -Wil Haygood

I usually refuse to read "popular" material but I want to see the movie. And instead of waiting until after to read the book, I decided to read it before. At least, that's what I thought I was reading...

The Butler: a witness to history by Wil Haygood is not a biography of Eugene Allen, butler to 8 presidents. It is a history of how the movie came to be from interviewing Allen to movie fundraising.

Haygood interviewed Eugene Allen and wrote an article "A Butler Well Served by this Election" in the Washington Post (which I think I will read now). All well and good, but this book does not contain the article, at least it did not indicate whether it was the article or not.

The whole book felt like Haygood wanted to get us excited about the story without spoiling the movie.

Read Also:

Catherine Marshall's biography of her husband Peter Marshall, pastor to the U.S. Senate, A Man Called Peter.