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Michael Wolff’s explosive book from inside the workings of the Trump White House has finally become public, sending shockwaves around the world.

The book – which has already been criticised by both Trump himself as well as critics – contains a range of huge claims about the president and those who surround him.

Extracts from Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House had already made headlines around the world. But people are finally getting their hands on their own copies of the book, rather than excerpted details from the expose.

That’s because the book’s publication schedule was pushed forward by publisher Little, Brown because of “unprecedented demand”. The book is now available in bookshops, as well as on Amazon, where it appears to have already sold out.

Here’s our full summary – assembled live during the read through – of the experience of reading the explosive book.

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The book starts with an author’s note. That might normally be the kind of thing you skip over, but it offers some insight into the bizarre process through which this book was born.

It was originally intended as an account of Trump’s first 100 days, says Wolff. But then so much kept happening into the second hundred and more that further work was required, so the book got longer.

 The events described come from eighteen months of conversations with Trump and those around him, some of whom talked dozens of times. The work started long before Trump even imagined himself in the White House, says Wolff, with a conversation at the candidate’s house in Beverly Hills – all conducted while he ate a pint of Haagen-Dazs ice cream.

In all, the book takes in more than 200 interviews. But more than that, Wolff claims to have taken up a “semipermanent seat on a couch in the West Wing”, becoming a fly-on-the-wall among the chaos of the White House.  …