We are delighted to say that Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart in an instant Number One Sunday Times Bestseller.

Stewart… is a writer and his first loyalty is to his readers. Most of them will share his despair at the small-time mediocrities who dominate modern politics. Almost all will appreciate the book’s viciousness, eccentricity, wit and intelligence ― The Times, *Book of the Week*

A superbly readable book. Former Tory minister Rory Stewart exposes the ‘shameful state’ of recent Conservative rule in this brilliant and blisteringly frank account of dysfunctional government — Luke Harding ― Guardian *Book of the Day*

Few political memoirs last for long. Rory Stewart’s Politics on the Edge may be an exception… Stewart’s memoir is a brilliant portrait of the Cameron-May-Johnson era. It is likely to become a classic on a par with Clark’s diaries ― Financial Times

One of the best books on politics our era will see… a book of astonishing literary quality — Matthew Parris ― Times Literary Supplement

Politics on the Edge is best understood as the tale of not one man but two [Stewart and Johnson]… [it’s] irresistible… [but this] is not the tragedy of two lost boys from Eton. This is a tragedy for us all — Charlotte Ivers ― Sunday Times, *Book of the Week*

Anyone with the slightest interest in politics should get a copy of Rory Stewart’s political memoir… In terms of the quality of writing, there has been nothing to approach it since the diaries of Alan Clark — Dominic Lawson ― Daily Mail

A significant book – candid, beautifully observed, written by someone with a questioning intelligence and a burning desire to make the world a better place — Chris Mullin ― Spectator

Every page has something beautifully and memorably expressed and something interesting I haven’t come across before — Rev. Richard Coles

A truly absorbing and fascinating book — Peter Hennessy ― Politics Home

An unsparing and brilliant portrait… The lying, incompetence, and treachery he depicts are all so blatant that the book should be assigned to bright young things to rid them of any remaining illusions before they put their name on a ballot ― The Atlantic

The former Conservative MP and host of The Rest is Politics podcast tells of the realities, problems and peculiarities of a political life. Thoroughly engaging and full of insight ― i

This fine, perceptive book shows just how much British politics needs someone like Rory Stewart: incisive, thoughtful, far more concerned with the business of good government than with the small-time idiocies of party politics. And how typical that he should have been driven out of government, and out of politics altogether — John Simpson

Very good… the book is often entertaining. Stewart vividly records his encounters with the key figures of his time…it’s enjoyable to read fresh evidence of it ― Sunday Telegraph

In which clever, reasonable officer-class virtue witnesses close up a historic outbreak of unreason and irresponsibility – and takes the subtlest of revenges. By producing the best-written account there will ever be of what has happened to the Conservative Party since 2010, Rory Stewart ensures that his version of events will endure when Boris Johnson is only the mouldering memory of a fright-wig — Francis Spufford

A truly absorbing and fascinating book, Rory Stewart’s memoir is ultimately a study in pain – and the scarring effect of disillusion — Lord Hennessy ― House Magazine

Rory Stewart reveals the frightening inner workings of Britain’s political system in his latest book… his description of British politics is haunting ― Independent

Genuinely eye-opening stuff, always riveting, often horrifying… this is one of the most captivating political books in recent memory ― i

Stewart writes with humour, elegance, sophistication, and style…he is unfailingly honest ― Irish Independent

One of the most excoriating political memoirs of modern times… Hugely entertaining, Politics on the Edge, is hard to dismiss ― Evening Standard

One of the most devastating insider accounts of Westminster I have ever read. An instant classic of political memoir. — Marina Hyde

An excoriating picture of a shamefully dysfunctional political culture — Rowan Williams

At last a politician who can write. Opinionated, lucid and thought-provoking — Sebastian Faulks

Enthralling, appalling and occasionally hilarious — Tom Stoppard

Any combination of insight, humanity, self-awareness and style in a political memoir is valuable. To achieve them all, as Rory Stewart has done, is exceptional — Rafael Behr, author of POLITICS: A SURVIVOR’S GUIDE

How Not to be a Politician is one of the most enjoyable and revelatory political memoirs to appear in ages – beautifully written, self-mocking but insistently principled. Stewart manages to make a life in professional politics seem laughable, entirely indefensible, and yet ennobling. This is a book that will be read for decades, as a document of its time and as timeless literature. — Steve Coll, author of GHOST WARS

Intense, funny, savage and profound. It’s the best there is on life inside the modern palaces of power — Michael Ignatieff, author of FIRE AND ASHES: SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN POLITICS

An illuminating and excoriating insight into politics and power. Candid, angry, funny, and self-revelatory — Jonathan Dimbleby

The Rest is Politics is by a long way the most popular politics podcast in the country. ― The Times

A no-holds-barred account of what’s gone wrong with modern politics, from the outspoken former Conservative minister. ― Guardian, *Books to Look Out For 2023*

Engaged but objective, candid but not gossipy, and braced with strong conviction while accepting limitation. Rory Stewart has written a book that breathes life back into the cliché ‘essential reading — Andrew Motion