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'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
'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
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
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Produktart: | Humor, Comics & Cartoons |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 432 |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9781472130815 |
ISBN-10: | 1472130812 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | West, Ed |
Hersteller: | Little, Brown Book Group |
Maße: | 126 x 198 x 35 mm |
Von/Mit: | Ed West |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 28.01.2021 |
Gewicht: | 0,332 kg |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
---|---|
Produktart: | Humor, Comics & Cartoons |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 432 |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9781472130815 |
ISBN-10: | 1472130812 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | West, Ed |
Hersteller: | Little, Brown Book Group |
Maße: | 126 x 198 x 35 mm |
Von/Mit: | Ed West |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 28.01.2021 |
Gewicht: | 0,332 kg |