EXCLUSIVE: The former PM’s second tell-all tome has slid from first spot to 533 on the Amazon bestseller list, and sold a measly 2,600 copies in the first week
Truss launched her book to glittering fanfare last month (Image: Getty Images)
Liz Truss’s hopes of having a bestseller have been kicked into touch – by a kids’ football colouring book.
The blink and you’ll miss it former-PM launched her second tell-all tome Bank Job to glittering fanfare last month. But in a huge blow for the ex-Tory leader, her memoir has slid from first to to 533 on Amazon’s bestseller list, losing out to kids colouring book Ultimate Football Heroes and a Disney Christmas story.
Nielsen Book data shows Truss shifted just 2,600 copies in the first week – nearly a thousand less than Matt Hancock’s disastrous Pandemic Diaries, and 40K less than Boris Johnson’s Unleashed. Her tale has been universally savaged by critics, who’ve attacked her refusal to accept responsibility for the 2022 mini-budget crisis.
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One branded it “the most deranged thing I’ve ever read,” while another said it was “the worst book yet.” The cover image – depicting Truss seated at a desk in the style of crime thriller Reservoir Dogs and flanked by figures thought to include former Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey – was also slammed.
One X user renamed the volume “Lettuce Job,” adding the tagline “how to outlast a lettuce.” They were referring to a stunt which saw a lettuce outlast Truss’ 49 day term in office.
Truss, 51, was the shortest-serving PM in history, falling well short of the 119 days clocked up by George Canning. Her mini budget – delivered by then-Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng – unleashed market chaos and sent the pound plummeting to record lows.
The decision to scrap the income tax rate for the UK’s highest earners and end the cap on bankers’ bonuses sparked intense backlash from the public and backbenchers alike. She finally accepted the inevitable on October 20, 2022, telling an audience outside No 10: “I recognise given the situation I can’t deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party.”
