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Book SynopsisGuardian ''literary highlights of 2020''
Sunday Times ''books to watch out for in 2020''
New Statesman ''books to read in 2020''
Evening Standard ''thirteen titles to look for in 2020''
As divisive as he is beguiling, as misunderstood as he is scrutinised, Boris Johnson is a singular figure.
Many of us think we know his story well. His ruthless ambition was evident from his insistence, as a three-year-old, that he would one day be ''world king''. Eton and Oxford prepared him well for a frantic career straddling the dog-eat-dog worlds of journalism and politics. His transformation from bumbling stooge on Have I Got New for You to a triumphant Mayor of London was overshadowed only by his colourful personal life, brimming with affairs, scandals and transgressions. His ascent to Number 10 in the wake of the acrimonious, era-defining Brexit referendum would prove to be only the first act in an epic drama that saw hi
Trade Review
EXPLOSIVE... Contains a string of startling revelations about Mr Johnson's public and personal life, and goes farther than any previous biography towards solving the enigma of his true personality... The political book of 2020. * Daily Mail *
Staggering... Tom Bower [is] the master of the unauthorised biography * Tatler *
A colourful and often catty read... full of zingers... Bower insists Boris Johnson should not be underestimated * The Telegraph *
Tom Bower made his name as a writer of acid-pen biographies and his latest is no exception ... It's all there: the affairs, the lies, the broken promises, the unpaid debts. * Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian BOOK OF THE WEEK *
Another brilliant book by the master biographer * Piers Morgan *
