Whether Dutch can be accurately considered a biography remains a matter of controversy,[2] with multiple fictional characters featured in the "unusual and critically scrutinized" work.[3] Joan Didion faulted Morris as beholden to the subject, incurious about policy matters, and uninterested in the Iran–Contra affair while resorting to narrative gimmicks to tell a vapid tale. Didion ultimately suggests Morris was little more than a mouthpiece for the Reagan administration.[4]
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