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Gb: BoJo writes bomb autobiography, rich contract with publisher

1/16/2023, 11:21:53 PM


Repeating the Guinness Book of Records global success that the explosive autobiography of the rebel Prince Harry entitled 'Spare' is having - at least in the first days of sale - seems an impossible undertaking. (HANDLE)

(ANSA) - LONDON, JAN 16 - Repeating the global success of the Guinness Book of Records that the explosive autobiography of the rebel prince Harry, entitled 'Spare', is having - at least in the first days of sales - appears to be an impossible undertaking.

But even that of Boris Johnson could score an important result, according to the expectations of the publisher HarperCollins, who has just acquired the rights by recognizing the former prime minister Tory a lucrative contract based on media rumors: a result which, in terms of ability to d attraction of readers' curiosity, is expected to be far greater if nothing else than those collected by the memoirs published by previous Downing Street tenants in recent years.


    It will be memoirs told "like no other", said Arabella Pike, director of one of the HarperCollins series in charge of publishing it.

Evoking the intention of the architect of Brexit to lay bare with the verve that distinguishes his three turbulent years at the head of the government: which began with the electoral triumph of 2019 and ended with the fall of 2022 amidst scandals and riots in the Conservative Party;

but also marked by momentous events such as the Covid pandemic or the war in Ukraine.

(HANDLE).