"I have always admired McBride's writing-imagine Luca Brasi with a Cambridge degree-and am not surprised that his memoirs are proving so gripping, given the material and his genuine talent as a stylist."-The Daily Telegraph

"Damian McBride is a bastard. And, unusually for a memoirist, he's very keen to let you know that from the start."-New Statesman

The candid memoir of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's chief spin doctor lays open the often funny, often disturbing world internecine of political feuding, detailing the feuds, political plots, and media manipulation that lie at the core of British politics.