{"product_id":"the-political-animal","title":"Jeremy Paxman: The Political Animal [2007] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eJeremy Paxman knows every maneouvre a politician will make to avoid answering a difficult question, but in \u003ci\u003eThe Political Animal\u003c\/i\u003e he seeks an answer to just one: \u003cb\u003eWhat makes politicians tick?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmbarking on a journey in which he encounters movers and shakers past and present, he discovers: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethat Prime Ministers have often lost a parent in childhood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewhy Trollope is the politician's novelist of choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethat Lloyd George once hunted Jack the Ripper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehow an Admiral's speech in parliament helped win WWII \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere do politicians come from? How do they get elected? What do they do all day? And why do they seek power? All these questions and many more are addressed in Paxman's thrilling dissection of that strange and elusive breed - the political animal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lively, persuasive, excellent. Boisterous and funny, provocative and punchily written... an intelligent romp' Matthew Parris, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Entertaining, informative, incisive and insightful' Andrew Rawnsley \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the best primers on the vicissitudes of political life I have read Christopher Silvester, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jeremy Paxman is a journalist, best known for his work presenting Newsnight and University Challenge. His books include \u003ci\u003eEmpire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Royalty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe English\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Political Animal\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Oxfordshire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paxman, Jeremy","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50080357220691,"sku":"9780141032962","price":22.84,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":51030625714515,"sku":"XV80141032962","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":46939393884499,"sku":"XG80141032962","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/paxman-jeremy-jeremy-paxman-the-political-animal-2007-paperback-60673157464403.jpg?v=1747818039","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/the-political-animal","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}