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A Life and a Half

Name: A Life and a Half
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My Winding Path to Politics

By Chris Bryant

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WINNER OF BEST BIOGRAPHY BY A PARLIAMENTARIAN, WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS 2026 'Scurrilous and full of heart' — GRAHAM NORTON 'Fascinating, frank, funny and moving' — REVEREND RICHARD COLES 'Terrific' — FINANCIAL TIMES 'Beguilingly human' — OBSERVER 'Riveting, raw and hilarious' — HELEN LEDERER The blisteringly candid... Read More

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The story of one man's unorthodox path to politics, from Labour Minister and Sunday Times-bestselling author Chris Bryant.

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WINNER OF BEST BIOGRAPHY BY A PARLIAMENTARIAN, WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS 2026

'Scurrilous and full of heart' — GRAHAM NORTON

'Fascinating, frank, funny and moving' — REVEREND RICHARD COLES

'Terrific' — FINANCIAL TIMES

'Beguilingly human' — OBSERVER

'Riveting, raw and hilarious' — HELEN LEDERER

The blisteringly candid account of a life that has taken Sunday Times-bestselling author and minister Chris Bryant to some truly unexpected places.

Raised in Francoist Spain by an alcoholic mother and an absent father, Bryant would go on to act alongside some of the great names of the day, man the barricades in Chile and later become an Anglican priest, all before he turned forty.

By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, peopled with bishops, actors, drag queens and pushy candidates, A Life and a Half is a politician's memoir like no other.

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ISBN: 9781526680891

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 336

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About the Author

Chris Bryant is an acclaimed historian of Parliament and a Sunday Times bestselling author. He has been the MP for the Rhondda (now Rhondda and Ogmore) since 2001. Between 2020 and 2023, he chaired the Committees on Standards and Privileges, which have guardianship of the Code of Conduct and adjudicate on individual cases. Bryant was the first gay MP to celebrate his civil partnership in the Palace of Westminster. Code of Conduct was an instant top two Sunday Times bestseller and The Glamour Boys won the 2020 Parliamentary Book Award for Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian. His latest book, A Life and a Half, won the 2026 Parliamentary Book Award for Best Biography by a Parliamentarian. He currently serves as Minister of State for Trade Policy.

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