Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir Frankly (Pan Macmillan) was published earlier than expected, accompanied by a “landmark” marketing campaign, with Scotland's former first minister also revealing fiction-writing aspirations.

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The much anticipated book by the former first minister is now on sale - and the BBC's James Cook has been doing some speed-reading.