{"product_id":"9780141983875","title":"First Confession : A Sort of Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost politicians write autobiographies to 'set the record straight'. This is a different sort of memoir. Following his life as a self-confessed 'wet European' from parliament to Hong Kong and beyond, Chris Patten creates a meditation on personal and political identity which, in an age of simplification, shows the complexities of both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A defence of liberal conservatism ... If old-style centrism is to stage a comeback and reason to supplant stridency and authoritarianism, be it in west or east, the moderates can wave Patten's book on their way to their barricades' Jonathan Fenby, Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Vivid, very well-written, First Confession joins the highest tier of recent works by British politicians' Paschal Donohoe, Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Draws on his experience of four controversial institutions - the Tory party, the Vatican, the Chinese government and the BBC - to swell the tiny list of intelligent and cultured memoirs by front-line politicians' Mark Lawson, New Statesman, Books of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48221337682155,"sku":"EB_HI0400_D17-01_SIMS","price":28.34,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780141983875-1.jpg?v=1781903373","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9780141983875","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}