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From the Daily Politik:
In 2005, Boris Johnson wrote a book of fiction called & #39;72 Virgins& #39; about Islamic terrorists who attack Westminster, whose plot is foiled by a bicycling Tory MP known for tousled hair, classical allusions and flapping shirt-tails. As the story develops /1
In 2005, Boris Johnson wrote a book of fiction called & #39;72 Virgins& #39; about Islamic terrorists who attack Westminster, whose plot is foiled by a bicycling Tory MP known for tousled hair, classical allusions and flapping shirt-tails. As the story develops /1
, the protagonist sees the chance to make himself such a global hero that the media will judge it futile to publish the latest thing he doesnât want to tell his wife. That subplot increased in intrigue when, within two months of hardback publication /2
, Johnson was sacked from the shadow cabinet after the Tory leader, Michael Howard, judged him to have lied to the party and public about an extramarital affair (lying - something that no longer seems to be a sackable offence for conservative politicians) /3
It& #39;s filled with terms like "alpha male," "Islamic nutcases" and "a mega-titted six-footer". Arabs are casually noted to have âhook nosesâ and "slanty eyes"; a mixed-race Briton is called "coffee-coloured"; and there are mentions of "pikeys" and people who are "half-caste". /4
-Can you imagine if Jeremy Corbyn wrote this book? Laura Kuenssberg would never stop asking him about it! But Johnson wrote it, so of course, we never hear about it.
He describes French people as & #39;turds& #39; and makes random irrelevant attacks on Sierra Leone. /5
He describes French people as & #39;turds& #39; and makes random irrelevant attacks on Sierra Leone. /5
In the last third of the book, the plotting becomes rushed and there are several printing and grammatical errors, and sentences that literally do not make sense.
The novelâs attitude to women is so sexist, it is just depressing. /6
The novelâs attitude to women is so sexist, it is just depressing. /6
There are 20 occasions on which women enter the narrative. Each time, the narrator or a character looks them up and down, phwoaring over, to take a representative selection, âtits outâ, âlustrous eyesâ, âlong legsâ, âa mega-titted six-footerâ, âloads of pretty white teethâ /7
âgood teeth and blonde hairâ, and an âunambiguously exuberant bosomâ. One womanâs comment is attributed to âpremenstrual irrationalityâ. There are also appearances from a âgirly swotâ and a woman who looks âlike a lingerie model, only cleverer and, if anything, /8
with bigger breastsâ - it reads like it was written by a horny 12 year old rather than an expensively-educated prime minister....
