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‘The Real Romney’ by Michael Kranish and Scott Helman

By Chuck Leddy

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  January 17, 2012

“To this day,’’ Michael Kranish and Scott Helman write, Mitt Romney remains “an enigmatic presence to people outside his closest circle, a puzzle whose pieces don’t neatly fit.’’ Kranish and Helman’s “The Real Romney, a timely, balanced new biography of the founder of Bain Capital and former Massachusetts governor, arrives as its subject moves to the front of a shrinking pack of Republican president hopefuls.

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