Blair recruits US lawyer to negotiate book deal

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2007

LONDON (AFP) — Tony Blair has recruited an American lawyer and put him in charge of brokering a deal for his memoirs, sources close to the former prime minister told local media.

The lawyer, Robert Barnett, previously negotiated a 12-million-dollar (8.9-million-euro) deal for ex-US president Bill Clinton's autobiography, "My Life".

Publishing insiders estimate that an autobiography by Blair, who left Downing Street on June 27 after 10 years in office, would fetch a similar amount.

Blair's spokesman declined to comment on the report when contacted by AFP.

According to Britain's domestic Press Association, those close to Blair insist that nothing has yet been concluded, despite rumours that publishers Random House had struck an informal deal with Blair...

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