Our man in Washington: Christopher Meyer was always more loathed than liked by many in the Foreign Office. His memoirs show him to be a star-struck egomaniac who is still in denial about his marginal role in the build-up to Iraq

DC Confidential Christopher Meyer Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 288pp, £20 The sight of the British establishment laying into someone who has broken the rules of the game is rarely a pretty [...]