To be released next week. How's this for an opening?

Joe Biden wants you to know that he is proud of himself — and if his new memoir is any indication, he thinks everyone else should be proud of him, too.

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But enumerating the wins is easy. The true test of a book like this is whether its author will own his losses, too. Biden, for his part, does not. He is so preoccupied with burnishing his legacy that he gets awkward and defensive when addressing the two issues many readers will be most curious about: his handling of the war in Gaza, and his decision to run for a second term.

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Why, then, did Trump win?

Biden has his ideas. His own policies, he argues, couldn’t have had anything to do with it. (Regarding Kamala Harris, he “was proud of her and the campaign she ran.”) “We had accomplished so much,” he says. He decided to run again because he “wanted to finish the job.” In addition to describing his legislative victories, the book includes an appendix to hammer this point home. “Laws Signed by President Joseph R. Biden Jr.” lists a “selection” of the “more than 600 bills” he signed into law.

As for his age and his health, he repeatedly contends that these weren’t a problem either. He believes that Americans supported him, casting a primary win in New Hampshire as “a resounding vote of confidence.” Instead, he blames “the press and pundits” for pushing a “narrative” and “salivating” at the prospect of his humiliation. “Yes, people could point to moments when I mixed up names or lost my train of thought or had a weak voice or walked slowly,” he writes, grudgingly. “But they could never point to something presidential that I failed to do.”

And so on.... And this is the NY Times here. I wonder who will write a positive review and how sales will be.