The friends of Harry Perkins /
by Mullin, Chris [author.].
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BookPublisher: London : Scribner, 2020Description: 192 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781471182501 (pbk.) :.Classification number: Subject(s): Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 2007- -- Fiction | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Fiction | Political fiction | Thriller | Thriller | THRSummary: Thirty-five years after the publication of 'A Very British Coup', former Labour MP Chris Mullin has written a compelling and timely sequel. In a near-future, post-Brexit Britain, the fault lines forged in the white heat of the referendum have become entrenched features of British political life. Britain's standing in the world has steadily diminished as its problems have grown. Into the maelstrom steps Fred Thompson, former aide to left-wing prime minister Harry Perkins and his successor as MP for Sheffield Parkside. As he ascends the greasy pole of British politics, Thompson must deal with corruption, the threat of the Far Right and personal tragedy. Along the way, he learns that power does not come without a personal price and that shadowy forces are at work behind the scenes - which, this time, appear to be on his side.
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Maghull Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 003036184X |
Originally published: 2019.
Thirty-five years after the publication of 'A Very British Coup', former Labour MP Chris Mullin has written a compelling and timely sequel. In a near-future, post-Brexit Britain, the fault lines forged in the white heat of the referendum have become entrenched features of British political life. Britain's standing in the world has steadily diminished as its problems have grown. Into the maelstrom steps Fred Thompson, former aide to left-wing prime minister Harry Perkins and his successor as MP for Sheffield Parkside. As he ascends the greasy pole of British politics, Thompson must deal with corruption, the threat of the Far Right and personal tragedy. Along the way, he learns that power does not come without a personal price and that shadowy forces are at work behind the scenes - which, this time, appear to be on his side.
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