'My biography of the year'

– Michael Crick

'The scariest thing I've read since Silence of the Lambs'

– Ken Livingstone

'Boris is a mational treasure, and Gimson has done him proud'

– Sunday Times

'It is all rubbish from start to finish - but well-written rubbish'

– Boris Johnson

'Excellent'

– Sebastian Payne

'A scintillating eulogy'

– Daily Telegraph

'A beautifully written biography ... In Gimson, [Boris] has found a generous biographer who has interviewed Johnson's friends and colleagues in journalism and Parliament. The author admits to being a friend but pulls no punches.'

– Michael White, Guardian

'The trick for politicians is to alchemise their abilities into charisma, as Andrew Gimson shows in his rollicking Boris'

– Observer

'Richly entertaining'

– John Rentoul, Independent

'Boris, Andrew Gimson's stylish biography of the nation's buffoon, simply shimmers with good will to all men. The result is an effervescent delight'

– Zenga Longmore, Spectator

'Brilliant'

– Simon Carr, Independent