Boris Johnson sometimes seems to take great pleasure in being the caricature of himself.
With his excesses and jokes, he is ready to write simple things, to make people laugh or make fun of themselves.
Clown, buffoon, unflattering words have never failed in the world press to qualify him.
Man is, however, much more than that.
And that's the whole point of Tristan de Bourbon-Parme's book, to go beyond these easy appearances, to deliver a more nuanced portrait of the character and the country he leads.
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If he was only this public entertainer, Boris Johnson would not have had the trajectory we know, from London City Hall to the head of the Tories and Downing Street.
The author, who is not fond of popular ideas, finds it difficult to see Johnson as a British Trump.
Even his opponents admit it, Johnson is cultured, learned, speaks Latin or Greek, and has a sense of historical depth.
You have to look behind the grimaces and the provocations.
Even her hair
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