| Boyd Tonkin: The real power behind the tomes
For anyone who seeks to understand how power works in the modern world, the most important name in Tony Blair’s A Journey appears on the first line of the first page of acknowledgements. Our former PM pays tribute in the opening breath of his memoirs to Bob Barnett, the “lawyer, friend and negotiator extraordinaire” who acted for Blair in place of an orthodox literary agent and eased his passage to that £4m-odd deal with Random House. Look more closely at Robert B Barnett, the conciliatory Washington Svengali who so amiably works both sides of the political street, and you will truly get a glimpse of the kind of clout and sway that transcends mere party politics.
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