Jeremy Paxman knows every maneouvre a politician will make to avoid
answering a difficult question, but in The Political Animal he
seeks an answer to just one: What makes politicians tick? Embarking
on a journey in which he encounters movers and shakers past and
present, he discovers: that Prime Ministers have often lost a
parent in childhood why Trollope is the politician's novelist of
choice that Lloyd George once hunted Jack the Ripper how an
Admiral's speech in parliament helped win WWII Where do politicians
come from? How do they get elected? What do they do all day? And
why do they seek power? All these questions and many more are
addressed in Paxman's thrilling dissection of that strange and
elusive breed - the political animal. 'Lively, persuasive,
excellent. Boisterous and funny, provocative and punchily
written... an intelligent romp' Matthew Parris, Spectator
'Entertaining, informative, incisive and insightful' Andrew
Rawnsley Observer 'One of the best primers on the vicissitudes of
political life I have read Christopher Silvester, Sunday Times
Jeremy Paxman is a journalist, best known for his work presenting
Newsnight and University Challenge. His books include Empire, On
Royalty, The English and The Political Animal. He lives in
Oxfordshire.
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