Staggering Hubris
The memoir of Boris Johnson's most classic spad
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Eye Books
Published:25th Nov '21
Should be back in stock very soon
The memoir of Boris Johnson’s most classic SPAD:
The ’Rona Years, Vol. 1
‘A pitch-perfect send-up’ Evening Standard
Unless you’re a woman on Tinder between the ages of 19 and 30 in the Clapham area, or a high-end cocaine dealer operating in South West London, you probably won’t have heard of Rafe Hubris, BA (Oxon).
Despite that, he’s a crucial figure in the life of our nation. As Boris Johnson’s most classic special adviser (spad) at Number 10, he helped the UK government skilfully and efficiently control the Covid crisis, containing it for good by the end of 2020.
In the first of what will doubtless be many memoirs as Rafe travels his own inevitable journey to the premiership, this fly-on-the-wall account documents his Year of ’Rona in its entirety (and iniquity).
Even non-Oxbridge readers (for whom the author has taken care to keep his language as accessible as possible) will come away from this volume struck by how lucky we are to have him. Floreat Etona !*
*Note for non-Oxbridge readers: this means ‘May Eton flourish’ in Latin.**
**Latin is the language of Ancient Rome and its empire
‘A pitch-perfect send-up’
‘Agonising truth wrapped in satire’ -- Fern Britton
‘An internet sensation’ -- The Guardian
‘A neat and perfectly observed skewering of not just the current administration, but the culture of over-familiar, self-important special advisers too’ -- Daily Telegraph
‘With each passing revelation about the government’s behaviour, Hubris looks less Yes Minister and more Attenborough’ -- Sunday Times
‘A neat and perfectly observed skewering of not just the current administration, but the culture of over-familiar, self-important special advisers too’ - Daily Telegraph || ‘A pitch-perfect send-up’ || ‘Agonising truth wrapped in satire’ - Fern Britton || ‘An internet sensation’ - The Guardian || ‘With each passing revelation about the government’s behaviour, Hubris looks less Yes Minister and more Attenborough’ - Sunday Times
‘A neat and perfectly observed skewering of not just the current administration, but the culture of over-familiar, self-important special advisers too’ - Daily Telegraph || ‘A pitch-perfect send-up’ || ‘Agonising truth wrapped in satire’ - Fern Britton || ‘An internet sensation’ - The Guardian || ‘With each passing revelation about the government’s behaviour, Hubris looks less Yes Minister and more Attenborough’ - Sunday Times
ISBN: 9781785633072
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 26mm
Weight: 305g
386 pages