Some sad news to bring you from the literary world. Those who have saved up £25 for Nadine Dorries’ upcoming The Plot: The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson, will have to keep waiting a little longer. Publication day for the explosive real-world political thriller has today been pushed back from September to November to allow ‘the required legal process needed to share her story’ to take place, according to HarperCollins.
The book has netted the author a £60,000 advance and was originally intended to be published in time for October’s Conservative party conference, in order to cause as much collateral damage as possible to Dorries’ bête noire Rishi Sunak. The news follows her belated resignation earlier this week, announced in a vituperative 1,800-word open letter that positively dripped poison. The resulting by-election is timed to coincide with Sunak’s mooted ‘reset’ after the conference recess. Despite the difficulties, Mr S thinks Nadine’s book will be worth the wait – even if No.
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