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Before he was a politician, Chris Bryant was an Anglican priest, baptising babies and holding the hands of the dying. 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 noholdsbarred account of a Ministers truly unconventional life one that has left Bryant equally at home behind the altar, in sweaty gay night clubs, on the hustings or the stage.
A Life and a Half tells a story of bishops (sometimes tripping up) and actors, saucy drag queens and pushy candidates, stuffed with moments of joy and hilarity and sorrow and abuse. All while tracking the landscape of late-twentieth-century British politics, from Thatcher to the birth of New Labour.
Whether running into Peter Mandelson in the changing rooms of the Tottenham Court Road Y, performing in the National Youth Theatre or being told that he was gay by his girlfriend, Bryant serves up a politicians memoir like no other.
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Book details
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:336 Pages
- Dimensions:238 x 156 x 32 mm
- Publication date:21/08/2025
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN13:9781526697219
Note:
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins.
Note
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins.