An ethical style

The subject matter of this book is as highly varied as the life of its protagonist. Here he talks about his childhood in a suburb of Seville, of his education in a religious school which was neither traumatic nor enthusiastic, of the cutting of grass to feed the cattle of the family business, sport, Antonio Machín and Cardinal Segura, of reading in the comfortable library of the Casa América, of his memories of Omar Torrijas and discussions with Carlos Andrés Pérez, the paternal sentiments of Willy Brandt and other socialist leaders, the great humility of Olof Palme, the silent and important leadership

of Bruno Kreisky, of his dealings with Adolfo Suárez and Joaquín Garriges, of NATO and Europe, of feelings and reasoning, of religion and life, of de facto power, of reading as a vital necessity, of culture as decoration or as a profound life experience, of the relationship of a father and his children, of the influence of radio and television on political life, of what Felipe González would do were he to leave politics, of the historic project of the PSOE, of health and infirmity, of wax and orange blossom…