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'Simon Hoggart is the P. G. Wodehouse of Westminster.' P. J. O'Rourke
'No parliamentary sketch-writer has ever been funnier.' Clive James
As Tony Blair's leadership comes to a close, The Hands of History brings together Simon Hoggart's wittiest Guardian sketches to create a portrait of the man at the centre of British politics and the rivals, enemies and friends around him - over the last decade. Within its pages, readers can meet Blair the Maharishi, Prescott the enemy of the English language, Brown the bruiser, Michael Fabricant the wig-wearer, and the magnificent figure of Sir Peter Tapsell, whose words are not written up in Hansard but cast in bronze.
The Hands of History is an unmissable opportunity to view the parliamentary antics of Tony and his cronies through Simon Hoggart's sharp satirical eye. He provides a unique account of their weird, farcical, occasionally alarming decade in power.
ISBN:9781843546795
