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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780006477105
ISBN: 0006477100
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: November 04, 2002
Publisher: Harper
Sales Rank: 1092298
Studio: Harper
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Michael Dobbs' popular new character Tom Goodfellowe, the crumpled backbench MP, makes his debut and takes on the might of the press in this highly acclaimed novel of power and corruption -- now reissued in a new cover style. INTO AN AGE CRYING OUT FOR NEW LEADERS STUMBLES THE MOST UNLIKELY POLITICAL HERO OF ALL. Tom Goodfellowe is not like other MPs. His private life is a mess, his love life is abysmal, he has an overdraft and a drink-driving conviction. He also has a talent for getting into trouble. He lives in London's Chinatown, and when he is asked to help a young Chinese girl, he has no idea he's heading into conflict with the Prime Minister, the police and the press -- particularly Freddy Corsa, a newspaper proprietor who sets out to ruin Goodfellowe financially, politically and sexually. Goodfellowe is one man against the system, and he is about to be destroyed in tomorrow's newspaper.
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Rating: - well it's not dickens
Michael Dobbs does not paint a pretty picture of British politics in this thrilling if somewhat predictable politcal thriller. Intrigue, deception, lies and skullduggery are what Tom Goodfellowe, our honorable hero (and seemingly the only politician with a scrap of integrity), must deal with in his fight to expose the truth behind the passage through the House of Commons of an apparently innocuous bill.
Throw in a rebellious daughter, an unscrupulous newspaper owner, a beautiful Russian ... Read More
Rating: - well it's not dickens
Michael Dobbs does not paint a pretty picture of British politics in this thrilling if somewhat predictable politcal thriller. Intrigue, deception, lies and skullduggery are what Tom Goodfellowe, our honorable hero (and seemingly the only politician with a scrap of integrity), must deal with in his fight to expose the truth behind the passage through the House of Commons of an apparently innocuous bill.
Throw in a rebellious daughter, an unscrupulous newspaper owner, a beautiful Russian ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780006477105
ISBN: 0006477100
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: November 04, 2002
Publisher: Harper
Sales Rank: 1092298
Studio: Harper