Art of the Possible: Memoirs

by R.A. Butler

Cover worn, page edges tanned, owner's inscription. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

Genres: History

287 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

Reviews

[Keith · Rating 3 out of 5]

A slim volume, very much a memoir and not an autobiography. Butler is rather too fond of quoting at length congratulatory letters written to him, but I liked him a lot more than I expected. It's an interesting but shallow romp through his career, but it mostly shone for me as a mirror in which to view our own times. Rab was described by some in his party as a "pink Tory", and I'm not entirely sure he'd have felt at home in the modern Conservative party.