Book review: Single Minded - My Life In Business, by Claude Littner

He came to prominence as a take-no-prisoners interviewer on The Apprentice, striking fear into the hearts of candidates, but in recent years Claude Littner has shown a calmer and less obtrusive side after being promoted to series regular, if by and large remaining an enigmatic presence. It is therefore intriguing to discover the man behind the inscrutable expression on the cover of his autobiography, the contents of which highlight his relentless tenacity, and take a pleasingly frank look at the “hitches and numerous mistakes” of his career, as well as the many successes. (At one point he even suggests that readers “would be right to come away thinking that if I had been a candidate on The Apprentice, I would have been fired at the very first opportunity”.)