All the President's Men

I listened to this book on tape. It was interesting, but a little bit hard to follow. I couldn't keep all the players straight. I thought the authors could have done a little better job clarifying each major character. It was also a little dry. I'm sure at the time the target audience was very familiar with the details that followed the end of the book. But there was nothing in the text concerning Nixon's admission of guilt, the incriminating tapes, and his resignation. I caught up on that easily with Wikipedia though.

The movie was easier to follow than the book, and the dialogue and comraderie in the press office were alternately humorous and tense. The movie completely skipped the paper-bashing that was an important section in the book. Also, I didn't think Dustin Hoffman as Bernstein seemed quite scruffy enough. It was interesting to watch Hoffman smoking everywhere in this 1976 film... from the press floor to elevators. Also, at least the movie made an attempt to summarize subsequent events, ending with the typed line "Nixon resigns."