Small Men On the Wrong Side of History

West, Ed

£9.99

Exploring why conservatives have lost almost every political argument since 1945, Ed West looks at this endless litany of failure from the perspective of one of the losers, in a semi-autobiographical, self-deprecating way. West delves into the idiocies of the modern right and the strange characteristics shared by conservatives, including himself, as well as offering explanations as to why people are conservative and explaining some of the benefits conservatism offers.

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Publish Date: 28/01/2021
ISBN: 9781472130815 Category: Tags: ,

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‘An entertaining, wide-ranging defence and explanation of the conservative way of seeing the world . . . suffused with generosity and wit’ Catholic Herald

Brought up by eccentric intellectuals, Ed West experienced what he believed was a fairly normal childhood of political pamphlets as bedtime reading, family holidays to East Germany and a father who was one political step away from advocating the return of serfdom. In his mid-twenties, West found himself embracing a mindset usually acquired alongside a realisation that all music post-1955 is garbage, agreeing with everything said in the Telegraph and all the other bad things people get in middle age. This is his journey to becoming a real-life Tory boy.

Forgoing the typically tedious and shouty tone of the Right, West provides that rare gem of a conservative book – one that people of any political alignment can read, if only to laugh at West’s gallows humour and dry wit. Crammed with self-deprecating anecdotes and enlightening political insights, Tory Boy discloses a life shaped by politics and the realisation that perhaps this obsession does more harm than good.

‘Anyone – liberal, conservative, whatever – would enjoy [this book]. It is full of the most fascinating facts, all mixed in with Ed’s inimitable displays of self-mockery’ Tom Holland

‘A self-deprecating and often hilarious memoir of a born conservative watching the world go wrong. Sprinkled with gallows humour, like a political version of Nick Hornby’s Fever PitchThe Critic

Additional information

Weight 340 g
Dimensions 196 × 126 × 42 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

432

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

320.52 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K