This is Fresh Air.

I'm Dave Davies and for Terry Gross.

There have been a lot of books written about Donald Trump, but none have been more anticipated

than the one by our guest, Maggie Haberman of the New York Times.

Haberman has four years been on the most competitive beat in America, covering Donald

Trump and has in the opinion of many of her colleagues dominated the field.

She shared a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for her reporting, along with other reporters at

the New York Times and the Washington Post.

Her book has plenty of new information and detail.

Here's one of my favorite stories.

When Trump had recovered from his COVID infection, he wanted to be wheeled out of Walter Reed

Hospital, then dramatically stand up and unbutton his dress shirt to reveal a Superman logo

on his chest.

He actually instructed an aide to go buy Superman shirts from Haberman reported before

he was talked out of the idea.

But as Joe Klein wrote in a review in the Times, Haberman's book is more notable for the

quality of its observations about Trump's character than its news breaks.

Haberman has known and reported on Trump for decades.

For the New York Post, the New York Daily News, and Politico before the Times.

She writes that if you want to understand Trump's temperament and conduct, you can learn

a lot from his and his father's careers in real estate and their interactions with New

York's political bosses.

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