Now that Michael Ignatieff is leader of the Official Opposition, a lot of his earlier priorities have probably fallen by the wayside, but The Globe and Mail is reporting that he has kept his word to finish a manuscript he promised Penguin Canada back in 2005. Apparently, he sent the last chunk of True Patriot Love “ a biographical travelogue “ to editor Diane Turbide earlier this month.

Now, the publisher is hurriedly readying the Liberal leader’s words, all 224 typeset pages of them, for hardcover publication on April 21. That is a faster-than-usual turnaround for a much-anticipated book.

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Turbide said Penguin always intended to publish True Patriot Love as a spring title. But unquestionably, the events of the past few months and the events ahead “ the resumption of the House of Commons, a possible federal election, the April 30-May 2 Liberal convention in Vancouver “ mean “publicity becomes a trickier matter,” she said. “We have to plan very carefully.”