First published 2011
Born Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, the future UK Prime Minister charmed his way from a broken home to the heights of power. Sonia Purnell's revealing biography examines how this private, ambiguous figure became our most unlikely sex symbol and political force. Through exclusive interviews, she charts Boris's transformation from gaffe-prone buffoon to London's charismatic mayor and leader of the Brexit campaign. But as scandal, infidelity, and media feuds threaten to derail his ascent, can the Teflon-coated "man of the people" maintain his grip on the spotlight?
Genres: biography, political-science, british-literature, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: rise-to-power, unreliable-narrator
Paperback Bunko · Aurum Press Ltd