Comey is revealed as the author of his own downfall

There’s very little about the book’s main selling point – Comey’s battle with Trump – that we don’t already know

James Comey and Donald Trump. ‘It seems that, like Trump, Comey has learned little from the turbulence of the past two years’GETTY

NON-FICTION: A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership By James Comey Pan MacMillan, €23

There is something tragic, poignant and profoundly irritating about a man who is brought down by his own vanity and hubris, yet persists in seeing himself as a victim. One who cannot acknowledge his own character flaws while busily pointing out those of his nemesis – frequently via Twitter. One who is unable to own up to grave and ...