In 2005 #BorisJohnson had his novel "Seventy Two Virgins" published. Here are some of the revealing reviews left on Amazon: "Puerile drivel, offensive stereotypes and language (spastic, n****r, coon). A 12 year old (or even Bruce Dickinson) could do better. Simply embarrassing"
"It was so bigoted and stereotypical even back then. Now it just feels crass"
"Really awful. Stick to the non fiction Boris. Novels need characters Not stereotypes. I wish I had not bothered!"
"If you have the intellect of a challenged ten year old racist public schoolboy then this could be just the cheap chuckle you are looking for. If not don’t waste your money on this drivel."
"Just read the first sentence. That should be enough to convince you how utterly appalling this book is."
"This book is a joke: not a novel, rather a series of half-baked jokes funny to the author, including weetabix, traffic wardens, various racial and cultural cliches and sloaney London."
"RACIST"
"Has absolutely no idea of plot, pace or style.. Appears to have been written for himself..Absolute elitist, sexist, narcissistic DRIVEL from someone who THINKS he is sexy and funny."
"Good for toilet paper"
"Absolute drivel and about as funny as cancer"
"Bizarre...and not in a good way"
" I almost never give up on a book, but this one is now in the paper rubbish. I can't even give it to a charity shop (why inflict it on someone else?) Sorry!"
"He shows honesty, it is clear from this book how deeply unpleasant he really is"
"Good grief, where to begin? What absolute rubbish. Racist, sexist, you name it. It has not aged well. Surely the publisher should be ashamed of this?"
"Purile, adolescent, pompous racist, misogynistic masturbatory drivel not befitting of a minister let alone a prime minister.Full of mistakes and ignorance dressed up in puffoonery, amateur at best. F for fail."
"Wouldn't even wipe my a*se with this racist drivel"
"This left me fuming. Not only is the quality of the writing itself so so poor, the book relies entirely on offensive and incorrect stereotypes and should never have been allowed to be published. Disgusting."
"Proof that Boris should not be left alone in charge of a pen, never mind a country. Dreadful in every way."
"A book so perverse as it is racist. A fascinating psychosexual exploration how much contempt the UK prime minister has for his country, and how much he wants to bang anything in a pencil skirt."
"The knowledge revealed of politics in the Middle East, America and even Britain is worryingly stunted. It never rises above the level of cheap and offensive cliché."
"Hateful and perverted"
"Wow. This book actually made me stupider"
"Utter bilge, a horrifically failed ego trip that takes mangled extracts from other books and randomly mixes them into a literary sludge of the worst order."
"A racist book, written by a racist, for racists"
"Nauseating. So glad the author of this book has very little influence over people's day to day lives."
"If you’re a racist, misogynistic, xenophobe you might enjoy sharing that with the author. If you’re a decent human being, especially if you have any appreciation of literature, you won’t."
"I came across this book left behind in a Cretan villa. I shouldn't have bothered. The glowing praise from literary critics has to be the saddest indictment of the publishing business I can think of."
"I would guess the paperback version is 300 pages too long"
"This was the worst book I have ever read that was written by a politician"
"The words, the sentences, the plot. The man simply cannot write."
