Edward SeagaReseñas

The second volume of political memoir. In this volume Seaga deals with his government in the 1980s, rehearsing every Cold War battle. He was always right, his rivals and opponents always wrong. His inability to win an election after 1989 is first explained as due to the chicanery and dishonesty of his opponents, and then, when he can't do that, to the manoeuverings of his intra-party rivals. He could never put a foot wrong. Nonetheless, his love of his country and people, and his commitment to demcracy do shine through the self-justification.

The first volume of memoirs by one of the longest serving politicians in the West Indies. Seaga is occasionally charming, but all-too-frequently engages in the traditional (in this genre) approach of making his opponents always wrong and himself always right. This quickly becomes tiresome. It would be much more interesting if we learnt something about his inner life, but we don't.