Moore's superbly written memoir of Carlson is a brilliant tour-de-force that is pure joy to read from beginning to end--elevated only in its achievement by the unique steadfast friendship buttressing the relationship between subject and biographer.
In early chapters (note that time is of little interest in this neocubist, inductively compiled composite of a man's soul, not least because the alacrity and galloping rhythm of the book keep the reader engrossed consistently from beginning to end), Moore, never the solipsistic type, devotes a minimal amount of the content to recount how he personally came to know Carlson as a regular guest on his Fox show. This key fact establishes the framework for the engagement we then experience as reader. The respectful, admiring tone and remarkably candid and vulnerable access to Carlson is no less than a testament to the kinship developed between the men.
Based on the personal information Moore reveals about himself, it is not difficult to understand the circumstances in which such a solid bond might develop, given that both Carlson and Moore have recently completed a nearly identical personal dialectical cycle.
Lauded and established journalist -->
Take risk of expressing epsilon more courage than the cathedral can tolerate, experience cascade of total professional and national annihilation -->
Use of conflagration to lift self above the ashes of the old life, achieving twice as much success as before.
This is not a feat everyone cancelled in the West today manages to accomplish; 99% of them finding themselves in the labyrinth dead end at step 2. (It is no coincidence that Moore transcended his older friendship with prior employer Milo Yiannopoulos.) But something, some unobservable trait, maybe a strength, maybe a virtue, maybe an otherwise regrettable tendency; maybe all three, caused both Carlson and Moore to emerge from the gauntlet stronger than before the respective assassination attempts.
No wonder, then, that Carlson chose Moore to pen his memoir. Moore, for his part, understands this parallel all too well, and craftily drops breadcrumbs in the first half of the book to clue the reader in to the possibility that this book may be more than another perfunctory biography of a public figure. The writing style is the obvious indication that the book already stands apart; but even in its unconventional Joyce-like structure, Tucker tells us more than the printed pages would have him telling us.
The book is consumed by the unspoken theme of Redemption. Each man, beautifully, is the other's redeemer. Tucker is the consummation of Moore's years of crawling through repeated dark tunnels laid before him, to come out finally recognized as the great writer he is. After proving his worth as a journalist for liberal and progressive outlets, Moore was made to redo his career in order to be accepted on the other political side; and most recently craftily demonstrated through a series of investigative pieces and shorter books that he cannot be pigeonholed by either side as another "LGBT issues" journalist. Moore knew all along that he deserved recognition as the professional he knew himself to be, and that is a writer, but he may not have known he had the perseverance to prove it. Well. Tucker's generous decision to permit Moore to write this book and grant him totally unprecedented access to his most intimate and vulnerable spaces internal and external has allowed Moore to realize his full potential--and receive the recognition so long overdue for having done so.
Carlson, in exchange whether knowingly or not (likely not), has been granted his name back. Yes, Tucker is about a journalist. It is about a husband, a father, a fly fisherman, a dog dad, and a friend; but above all, Tucker is about a human being. Moore shreds through thick brambles of "factual" and material constructs to enable Carlson to manifest what is most important to him, his character. In one fell swoop, the biography eviscerates (Chadwick style™) all Carlson's critics--once and for all. Claims of him being a racist, or bigoted, or hateful are delightfully discredited one after the other by Tucker's own life stories, testimonials of his closest friends and family members, and most powerfully by a solid glimpse at the worldview that came to form the man we know as Tucker. By organically tracing the evolution of Carlson's (manifold) philosophies about life, history, humanity, being American, and faith, there's no further daylight for even the most verrissimilar injections of character assassination. They just don't have the aura of convincingness they may have held before reading Tucker. It would be like trying to accuse Don Quixote of being a child molester.
To the contrary, Carlson emerges as a remarkably modest, self-ridiculing, curious person with a child-like approach to the most profound questions of human existence. The Carlson in Tucker is almost irresistible. He is a highly flawed but adorable golden retriever of a guy who lives to serve. His wife, his children, his country and his God. You may not come away from Tucker thinking that the man is a hateful bigot, but do take heed: you might well end up wishing that he was your friend, too.
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I Could Not Wait To Own This Book!
Tucker is one of my favorite people. One of my picks to the question, “If you could sit and talk with anyone, who would it be?” Chadwick Moore did a fantastic job letting us into Tucker’s life, as he is generally a very private person. Several things in this book I was surprised to learn, and made me love Tucker that much more. He is one of the last REAL journalist/talk show host left in America. He will be a key figure noted in the history books for his fearless demand for truth and transparency from our government. America is grateful for Tucker Carlson.
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G. Fridell
An excellent overview of Tucker including the Fox debacle
Reviewed in Canada on December 3, 2023Teresa Aysan
I wanted more, and more eloquently written.
Reviewed in Canada on October 25, 2023