On the last day of 2019 Rafael Behr had a heart attack, a really bad one, the kind known as a “widowmaker”. As he was recovering he was told he’d need to avoid stress. Which, as a political columnist for the Guardian, given the state of things, was no easy task. This book is pitched as an attempt to find a path back to engaging with current affairs without ending up in an ambulance again.
The good news is that Behr has avoided any further trips to the hospital. The bad news is that he still seems pretty annoyed. Certainly the reader will find their blood pressure rising as the story of politics over the past few years is retold.
