Tory Boy : Memoirs of the Last Conservative Paperback / softback
by Ed West
Paperback / softback
Description
'An entertaining, wide-ranging defence and explanation of the conservative way of seeing the world . . . suffused with generosity and wit' Catholic Herald Brought up by eccentric intellectuals, Ed West experienced what he believed was a fairly normal childhood of political pamphlets as bedtime reading, family holidays to East Germany and a father who was one political step away from advocating the return of serfdom.
In his mid-twenties, West found himself embracing a mindset usually acquired alongside a realisation that all music post-1955 is garbage, agreeing with everything said in the Telegraph and all the other bad things people get in middle age.
This is his journey to becoming a real-life Tory boy. Forgoing the typically tedious and shouty tone of the Right, West provides that rare gem of a conservative book - one that people of any political alignment can read, if only to laugh at West's gallows humour and dry wit.
Crammed with self-deprecating anecdotes and enlightening political insights, Tory Boy discloses a life shaped by politics and the realisation that perhaps this obsession does more harm than good. 'Anyone - liberal, conservative, whatever - would enjoy [this book].
It is full of the most fascinating facts, all mixed in with Ed's inimitable displays of self-mockery' Tom Holland 'A self-deprecating and often hilarious memoir of a born conservative watching the world go wrong.
Sprinkled with gallows humour, like a political version of Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch' The Critic
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:432 pages, N/A
- Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication Date:28/01/2021
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- ISBN:9781472130815
Information
-
Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:432 pages, N/A
- Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication Date:28/01/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781472130815