Tony Blair: The Man Who Lost His Smile

Tony Blair: The Man Who Lost His Smile

by Leo Abse (Author)

Synopsis

In this volume, reforming parliamentarian Leo Abse presents an analysis of Tony Blair. Originally published in 1996, the author has revised the book to scrutinize Blair's premiership years. In an investigation of Blair's psyche, Abse deploys psychoanalytsical scholarship to consider the forces and influences that have driven Blair. He exmaines the house of secrets in which Blair was reared, where the promiscuous grandmother forever cast a shadow, where the legitimate stricken father - authoritative, ambitious and politically unstable - dominated the household, and where death unfairly invaded the family domain. Abse goes on to show how the traumatic effects of Balir's childhood left him a loner, an estranged man who sought to resolve his private dilemmas in rock music and religion and then, belatedly, in politics.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: Robson Books Ltd
Published: 10 Oct 2003

ISBN 10: 1861056982
ISBN 13: 9781861056986

Author Bio
Leo Abse, MP for Pontypool (1958-87), lawyer and social reformer, has placed more legislation on the statute book than any other backbencher in this century. He radically reformed many of our laws that impinge on human relationships, including those relating to children, divorce, family planning and homosexuality. His previous books, Private Member; Margaret, Daughter of Beatrice; Wotan, My Enemy attracted much praise and considerable controversy.