Manhattan Adult Entertainment: A Well-Timed Memoir of a Governor’s Fall
March 4, 2010, 8:42 am
A Well-Timed Memoir of a Governor’s Fall
Nearly two years ago, a disconsolate Gov. Eliot Spitzer opened the door of his Fifth Avenue apartment and greeted his senior adviser and old friend, Lloyd Constantine, with these words: “Welcome to a Greek tragedy.”
It was 6:57 a.m. on March 10, 2008, a day that would most likely be the worst of Mr. Spitzer’s life, when his public and private lives would simultaneously implode in the midst of a prostitution scandal. A few minutes later, a somewhat stunned Mr. Constantine found himself being questioned by Mr. Spitzer’s wife, Silda, who asked, “Did you know about this?”
Next week, Mr. Constantine’s book, “Journal of the Plague Year,” will land in bookstores, the first insider account of the collapse of Mr. Spitzer’s governorship. The book is a reminder of how quickly political history is being rewritten in New York.