Today Vincent Cable is best known as ‘the undisputed heavyweight champion of the credit crunch in Parliament’ (Robert Peston), revered for his prescience and authority on the world economic crisis. But his journey to become Britain’s most respected politician has been long, circuitous and sometimes very painful. In this memoir he tells that story for the first time.

Free Radical is a candid book, written with wit and great insight. Vince Cable’s life story is a long way from that of a conventional career politician. His book is as compelling as it is timely.