However in life in the jungle his eagerly awaited autobiography following departure from public office as deputy prime minister in 1995 heseltine has written an absorbing account of life in the thick of the westminster jungle over the last quarter of a century this is a long but never dull book that covers heseltines adolescent struggle with dyslexia presidency of the oxford union his forays into the property world the formation of his successful publishing group haymarket and early . However in life in the jungle his eagerly awaited autobiography following departure from public office as deputy prime minister in 1995 heseltine has written an absorbing account of life in the thick of the westminster jungle over the last quarter of a century this is a long but never dull book that covers heseltines adolescent struggle with dyslexia presidency of the oxford union his forays into the property world the formation of his successful publishing group haymarket and early . Life in the jungle my autobiography item preview remove circle share or embed this item embed embed for wordpresscom hosted blogs and archiveorg item description tags want more advanced embedding details examples and help no favorite share flag flag this item for graphic violence graphic sexual content texts life in the jungle my autobiography by heseltine michael . This book looks at the life of michael heseltine from his birth up to the point that he decided not to run as leader of the party after the 1997 election defeat the title is a play on the fact that his nickname at the time was tarzan ill be honest and say that the book is a little dated now especially in the time of brexit heseltine is on the extreme pro europe wing of his party but . Michael heseltine has enjoyed one of the most colourful and creative careers of modern british politics in this forthright autobiography he tells the story not just of his political life but of his business career as well