Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson - Brossura

Gimson, Andrew

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0857207385 ISBN 13: 9780857207388

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2012

Riassunto

A fully updated edition of Gimson's 2006 biography, with new material covering Boris's years as Mayor of London. 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 2008 he was elected Mayor of London with over 1 million votes, the largest personal mandate of any UK politician.

In this, the first and most authoritative biography of Boris, Andrew Gimson investigates Boris' twin-faced dilemma - politics or entertainment - and asks how deep his political ambition runs. Boris has transcended his class, education and his various occupations (Mayor of London, Conservative MP for Henley-on-Thames, Conservative spokesman for Higher Education, columnist on the Daily Telegraph, motoring correspondent for GQ, novelist, TV presenter) 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 Spectator during the David Blunkett affair and the Liverpool editorial fiasco which led to Boris' sacking from the shadow cabinet, his exile and return under David Cameron, his two marriages, four children and love affairs. Interviewing Boris' 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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L'autore

Andrew Gimson is a freelance journalist who contributes to the Spectator, the Evening Standard, the Financial Times and other papers. From 2004-2011 he was the Daily Telegraph's parliamentary sketchwriter.

Product Description

Book by Andrew Gimson

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0857207385
• ISBN 13: 9780857207388
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 384
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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