No Way Out

‘Not one but three books — with one more to come — that have become the go-to chronicles of Brexit and its aftermath. The books are unparalleled works of palace intrigue, largely although not exclusively focused on the inner life of the Conservative party’ FINANCIAL TIMES ‘Meticulously constructed… There are enough tasty vignettes and morsels of gossip to make the main course of backstops and “meaningful” votes enjoyable for fans of the previous volumes. It is also a scrupulously even-handed account that will be of great value to future historians. As in the first two books, Shipman avoids easy caricatures and sets out the real-world constraints and pressures acting on the players.’ THE TIMES 'Shipman has had a sound claim to the mantle of master chronicler… May is a difficult PM to write about and Shipman does the best job to date of making a dutiful, uncommunicative and limited leader come to life' EVENING STANDARD ‘Shipman’s books are a kind of pointillism, in which dots of incident are clustered together to form a whole — as though Georges Seurat had been let loose, paint and brushes to hand, in Number 10 or Central Lobby. The detail is compelling; the judgement magis­terial. No Way Out is a formidable book’ THE CRITIC ‘The best political watcher out there’ NICK FERRARI, LBC 'An essential read for anyone interested in contemporary British politics… a masterclass in political reportage, offering clarity and context to one of the most tumultuous periods in recent history' THE DEEPING