BILL CLINTON - CLINTON COMPLETES BOOK

LATEST: Former American President BILL CLINTON has finished his highly anticipated memoir, after working around the clock to get it ready for publishers.

The Arkansas-born politician, 57, is reportedly being paid up to $14.4 million (GBP8 million) to pen the tome, which is scheduled to hit book shelves next month (JUN04), published by RANDOM HOUSE's ALFRED A KNOPF imprint.

Knopf spokesman PAUL BOGARDS says, "It's about 900 pages, and there is still some editing to be done."

Clinton recently told VANITY FAIR magazine, "I am literally hardly sleeping. I am working around-the-clock. I am killing myself because I want it done."

The work should be worthwhile - the book will be given an initial printing of 1.5 million copies and is already top of the best-sellers list on online American booksellers website BARNES+NOBLE.COM through pre-orders.