Seventy-Two Virgins
2004 comic political novel by Boris Johnson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Seventy-Two Virgins: A Comedy of Errors is a 2004 novel by politician, journalist and later Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson.[1]
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Author | Boris Johnson |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Political satire |
Set in | London |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | September 2004 |
Media type | Print: Hardback octavo |
Pages | 326 |
ISBN | 9780007195909 |
OCLC | 056649301 |
823.92 |
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At the time, Johnson was MP for Henley, shadow arts minister, and editor of The Spectator. Since then, he has been Mayor of London (2008–2016) and Foreign Secretary (2016–2018), and Prime Minister (2019–2022).
This book makes Johnson the third novelist to be Prime Minister; the first two were Benjamin Disraeli (17 novels) and Winston Churchill (Savrola).