The Secret Diary of Boris Johnson Aged 13¼

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The Secret Diary of Boris Johnson Aged 13¼

By: Lucien Young

Narrated by: Jon Culshaw

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The newly discovered diary of Boris Alexander de Pfeffel Johnson, aged 13¼, provides a fascinating glimpse into how Boris, a lazy, bumptious and overweening child, comes to believe he should be Prime Minister. Along the way, we see him hone the techniques and persona that will one day hoodwink a nation.

Extract from 13-year-old Boris's Ten Rules for Life:

It's not lying if you don't bother to learn the truth. Many people - politicians, for instance - make the mistake of going about laden with facts and statistics. However, when studiously ignorant of the aforementioned, one may argue one's case with total conviction.

A friend is just an enemy you haven't yet made. Some say there's no 'I' in 'team'. Well, I say you can't spell 'friend' without 'fiend'. No matter how dear your chum, you never know what sort of treachery they harbour inside. After all, there are many people who consider me a friend.

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"Deliciously funny and highly impudient." (Jon Culshaw)

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Jon Culshaw has the voice, the manic inflections, the tenor and tone of this vacuous schoolboy. Lucien Young must know his subject as much as thinking citizens can see through the empty promises and lies that amount to the leaders 'successes'.
I read the book and then heard the audio. I managed to smile at the printed pages before the gravity of the truths it spoke, hit me. The audio is a fine work. Everyone should hear this and wonder where the winds of narcissism will drive us. The schoolboys extreme selfishness, his grandiose view of his own talents and a craving for admiration is worrying.