A life and a half : the unexpected making of a politician
Bryant, Christopher, 1962-2025
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Before he was a politician, Bryant was an Anglican priest. Before that, he manned the barricades in Latin America, and before that, he was the scared son of an alcoholic mother and an estranged father. This is a no-holds-barred account of a minister's truly unconventional life before politics - one that has left Bryant equally at home behind the altar, in sweaty gay clubs, on the hustings or the stage. 'A Life and a Half' tells a gripping story of bishops and actors, drag queens and pushy candidates, stuffed with moments of joy and hilarity and sorrow and abuse. All while tracking the landscape of late-20th-century British politics, from Thatcher to the birth of New Labour. It is a memoir like no other.
Main title:
A life and a half : the unexpected making of a politician / Chris Bryant.
Author:
Bryant, Christopher, 1962-, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025.
Collation:
324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781526680914 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.0862092941.086209 BRY941.086209941.086 BRY
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4090510