It would be impossible to write a memoir titled Total Recall without addressing the scandals that marred his legacy, specifically the revelation of his extramarital affair and the child he fathered with his housekeeper, Mildred Baena.
The prose is . Arnold’s voice is unmistakable—full of Austrian-tinged syntax (“I knew that if I would just train more hard, I would win”). He doesn’t claim to be a deep intellectual, but he reveals a sharp, calculating mind behind the caricature. The book is long but never slow; each chapter ends with a lesson or a cliffhanger. It would be impossible to write a memoir
The book is quite dense (over 600 pages). Most readers find the audiobook, narrated by Arnold himself for the intro and outro, to be a very engaging alternative. He doesn’t claim to be a deep intellectual,
