{"product_id":"tory-boy","title":"Tory Boy","description":"\u003cb\u003e'An entertaining, wide-ranging defence and explanation of the conservative way of seeing the world . . . suffused with generosity and wit' \u003ci\u003eCatholic Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrought 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 \u003ci\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/i\u003eand all the other bad things people get in middle age. This is his journey to becoming a real-life Tory boy.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForgoing 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, \u003ci\u003eTory Boy \u003c\/i\u003ediscloses a life shaped by politics and the realisation that perhaps this obsession does more harm than good. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'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   \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'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 \u003ci\u003eFever Pitch\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003ci\u003eThe Critic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243052912984,"sku":"9781472130815","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781472130815.jpg?v=1765336515","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/tory-boy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}