This week’s bookbencher is Sam Gyimah, the Conservative MP for Surrey East.
Which book’s on your bedside table at the moment?
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel: a great historical novel, covering a fascinating period. The personalities may change, but the human dynamics of politics are the same today as portrayed in the 16th century.
Which book would you read to your children?
I don’t yet have children and I didn’t learn to read myself until late in my childhood because of a family upheaval, so a lot of children’s books passed me by. That said, I
recently shared the story of the ‘Hummingbird’ read by Wangari Mathai at a primary school assembly in my constituency
Which book do you think best sums up ‘now’?
The big debate, as we grapple with the effects of the financial crisis, is what responsible capitalism looks like, because for many people the system isn’t working.
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