It seems I am the proud author of the first book on James Purnell's shelf.
On Saturday he told the Guardian that he had spent his time since leaving the Cabinet rearranging his books:
In his time on the backbenches Purnell has set about arranging his
thoughts, both literally and metaphorically – it took one weekend to
arrange the books in his flat from A to Z (A Class Act, by his former
cabinet colleague Lord Adonis, the transport secretary, to Emile Zola).
Trust the Grauniad to write only half the story...
