Taking the Lead, 9781408721278
Hardcover
Westminster secrets unleashed: A dog’s-eye view of political madness.

Taking the Lead

a dog at number 10

$55.61

  • Hardcover

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    13 January 2025

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Summary

Herbie’s Westminster Tales: A Canine Memoir

‘I lap up everything John Crace writes gratefully: I love his cleverness, his wit, and his heart’ Nigella Lawson

From the ingeniously quick-witted John Crace comes a satirical memoir from the eyes of his beloved dog, Herbie. And as a Westminster veteran, boy does he have some stories to share.

It started when a chance encounter with Sadiq Khan’s Labrador landed Herbie a job working as a spe…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781408721278
ISBN-10:1408721279
Author:John Crace
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Constable
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:13 January 2025
Weight:410g
Dimensions:220mm x 142mm x 30mm
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Critics Review

I lap up everything John Crace writes gratefully: I love his cleverness, his wit, and his heart – Nigella LawsonCrace’s witty brand of humour is given new licence to roam in this Garfield-meets-Westminster memoir * New Statesman *

About The Author

John Crace

John Crace has been the Guardian’s political sketch writer for the last ten years and is one of the paper’s most loved columnists. He has also written about twenty books on everything from cricket, football, TV, literature, politics and - not forgetting - himself. The most recent, Depraved New World, a collection of his Guardian columns, was published in November 2023 and was a Waterstones Politics Book of the Year. In January 2024 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Bath Spa University in recognition of his literary satire.

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