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Engaging account of Corbyn phenomenon
JOHN GREEN recommends W Stephen Gilbert’s highly readable and insightful biography of the Labour leader

Jeremy Corbyn: Accidental Hero
by W Stephen Gilbert
(Squint Books, £9.99)

AS YET, there are very few books about Jeremy Corbyn. But the media industry will no doubt soon make amends, with bookshops rammed with demolition jobs.

Whatever appears, this biography by the new small publishing outfit Eyewear Publishing will surely remain exceptional.

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