Random House gets Blair book

The memoirs of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the object of an international bidding war that went on for days, have been acquired by imprints of Random House Inc. in the United States and England.

“I hope my memoirs will provide a serious and thoughtful, but also entertaining, reflection on my time as a member of Parliament and as prime minister,” Blair said in a statement issued Thursday by publishers Hutchinson in England and Alfred A. Knopf in the United States.

Blair’s book, which he will write himself, is untitled and is still “at least a couple of years away” from being published, according to his literary representative, Washington attorney Robert Barnett, who declined to discuss financial details.