<p><b><i>Guardian</i> ''literary highlights of 2020''<br><i>Sunday Times</i> ''books to watch out for in 2020''<br><i>New Statesman</i> ''books to read in 2020''<br><i>Evening Standard</i> ''thirteen titles to look for in 2020''</b><br><br><b>As divisive as he is beguiling, as misunderstood as he is scrutinised, Boris Johnson is a singular figure. </b><br><br>Many of us think we know his story well. His ruthless ambition was evident from his insistence, as a three-year-old, that he would one day be ''world king''. Eton and Oxford prepared him well for a frantic career straddling the dog-eat-dog worlds of journalism and politics. His transformation from bumbling stooge on <i>Have I Got New for You</i> to a triumphant Mayor of London was overshadowed only by his colourful personal life, brimming with affairs, scandals and transgressions. His ascent to Number 10 in the wake of the acrimonious, era-defining Brexit referendum would prove to be only the first act in an epic drama that saw hi