Truss biography gets new title and earlier publication date

Pleased to see that the authors of the forthcoming Liz Truss biography have settled on a new title.

Two weeks ago I noted that despite her woes Out of the Blue: The inside story of Liz Truss and her astonishing rise to power was still scheduled to be published on December 8 with its original title.

Having suggested what I thought was the obvious alternative - Out of the Blue: The inside story of Liz Truss and her astonishing rise (and fall) - I was surprised to read that the strapline had been changed to The inside story of Liz Truss and her explosive rise to power which seemed a bit ambiguous in light of her subsequent resignation.

However, after what were reported to be frantic rewrites and a new final chapter, the strapline has been changed again and this time it’s much closer to my suggestion which, to be fair, wasn’t rocket science.

Furthermore, and contrary to my expectations on October 16, Out of the Blue: The inside story of the unexpected rise and rapid fall of Liz Truss will not only meet its December publication date, it is currently due for release on November 24, two weeks ahead of schedule which is no mean feat.

The ebook is out even sooner. It’s available from Tuesday (November 1).

Credit then to the authors - the Sun’s Harry Cole and James Heale of The Spectator - for whom the last few weeks must have been trying to say the least. For that reason alone Out Of The Blue deserves to be a bestseller!

PS. The book is also being serialised in the The Times/Sunday Times.

Above: James Heale (left) with Will Lloyd, deputy editor of UnHerd, at the Forest Summer Lunch at Boisdale of Belgravia in July. Below: a recent tweet from Spectator editor Fraser Nelson. The article he refers to is well worth reading.