This week’s Bookbencher is David Davis, the MP for Haltemprice and
Howden. He tells us which literary character he’d most like to be and what books would double as good doorstoppers.
What book’s on your bedside table at the moment?
A Kindle, so about 150 of them.
Which book would you read to your children?
Given their age, the Tax Handbook, which since it is the longest and most complicated in the world would at least put them to sleep.
Which literary character would you most like to be?
Gulliver.
Which book do you think best sums up ‘now’?
Liar’s Poker, by Michael Lewis.
What was the last novel you read?
Surface Details, Iain Banks
Which book would you most recommend?
The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit, by Melvin Konner
Given enough time, which book would you like to study deeply?
Stabilising an Unstable Economy,
by Herman Minsky
Which books do you plan to read next?
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