andy bollen
ASIN: B00LNEOQ7U
Publisher: Andy Bollen
Pages: 253
Sandy Trout is Scotland’s much loved (fictional, now former) First Minister. Unusually for a politician, he’s popular, highly respected and universally loved. In this, the first volume of his memoirs, just like his political style, he is refreshingly candid, hard hitting but always entertaining. Trout is everything a successful political figure should be, overweight. To him, politics is a contact sport, like wrestling, not the fake wrestling but the old school version. Maybe more like boxing; involve sparring, a few jabs, an uppercut and a knockout blow to a political opponent. Allied to his aggressive political approach, he has a huge intellect. As First Minister (former) he has a unique perspective, something of an eye witness to history, chronicling moment after incredible moment. We get inside the mind of one of the most dynamic leaders of the modern era. It makes compulsive ...