Constable sniffs out satirist John Crace’s The Adventures of Herbert Hound
Constable has landed The Adventures of Herbert Hound from the Guardian’s parliamentary sketch writer John Crace.
Non-fiction publisher Andreas Campomar acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Matthew Hamilton at The Hamilton Agency. The book will be published on 3rd October 2024.
The Adventures of Herbert Hound is the “picaresque journey” of Crace’s dog Herbie told through the British political landscape.
The publisher continued: “In this extraordinary no-bones-barred story, Herbie details the difficult years he spent working with David Cameron on the Remain campaign; he describes the pain of working with Theresa May; his extraordinary time advising Boris Johnson during the Covid epidemic; and the horror of advising Liz Truss during her short tenure. He tells the painful story of being put in the doghouse by Rishi Sunak who fired him, and his subsequent move to working with Keir Starmer.”
Crace said: “I’m thrilled to be published by Andreas Campomar and Little, Brown. Thrilled also to be bringing The Adventures of Herbert Hound out into the world. For the past 12-and-a-half years, I have been lucky enough to share a home with Herbie. Almost a lifetime for a dog. Especially when all you have known is a Conservative government. So when better for him to write his memoir?”
Campomar added: “John Crace is the country’s leading and best-loved satirist, one of the great parliamentary sketch writers of our age. I’m delighted he has been generous enough to let Herbert Hound tell his own story of working at Westminster. Politicians of every hue beware.”
