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Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson,Andrew Gimson- 9781847394279
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Title
- Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson
- ISBN
- 9781847394279
- EAN
- 9781847394279
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Boris: the Rise of Boris Johnson
- Item Height
- 198mm
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Genre
- Biographies & True Stories
- Item Width
- 130mm
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Despite having once been sacked from the shadow front bench, Boris Johnson is still widely seen as one of the stars of the Conservative Party. His distinctive appearance ('like a haystack on a bicycle'), befuddled manner and ready wit have assured a high media profile and a large fanbase with the general public. In this, the first biography of Boris, Andrew Gimson investigates Boris's twin-faced dilemma -- politics or entertainment -- and asks how deep his political ambition runs. Boris has transcended his class, education and his various occupations (Conservative MP for Henley-on-Thames, Conservative spokesman for Higher Education, columnist on the Daily Telegraph, motoring correspondent for GQ, novelist, TV presenter, and now, Mayor of London) to become a paradoxical character -- the old Etonian who fascinates teenagers as well as grandparents, the classical scholar who is also a TV quiz-show contestant. Despite being a comic actor of genius, he is not just an act and Andrew Gimson's biography covers all facets of this complex individual. There is his exotic Turkish ancestry, his place among five siblings, his competitive relationship with his father Stanley, the distinguished university career, his five years as a journalist in Brussels, his first failed venture into politics ('I fought Clwyd South -- and Clwyd South fought back'), overseeing the Spectatorduring the David Blunkett affair and the Liverpool editorial fiasco which led to Boris's sacking from the shadow cabinet, his exile and return under David Cameron, his two marriages, four children and love affairs. Interviewing Boris's contemporaries, his family and his detractors, Andrew Gimson has created a fascinating and amusing portrait of this unique man of our times.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13
9781847394279
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91714634
Product Key Features
Book Title
Boris: the Rise of Boris Johnson
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
198mm
Item Width
130mm
Additional Product Features
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United Kingdom
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This book has been superceded and incorporated into The Adventures of BoJo. My fault not realsiing this and buying both at the same time.
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