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Andy McSmith Innocent in the House (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Innocent in the House
- Publication Name
- Innocent in the House
- Title
- Innocent in the House
- Format
- Uk-B Format Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 185984491X
- EAN
- 9781859844915
- ISBN
- 9781859844915
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Genre
- Fiction
- Release Date
- 17/12/2002
- Release Year
- 2002
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 7.5in
- Item Width
- 5.4in
- Item Weight
- 13 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Features
- Reprint
- Topic
- Political
- Number of Pages
- 312 Pages
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.He was surrounded on every side by those who wanted to be. Some wanted to be famous, some to be praised, some to be on television every night, some to be outstandingly loyal, some to be famously disloyal, some to be driven by chauffeurs in ministerial cars and some to be Prime Minister. They were breathing down his neck and pressing against his sides; but Joseph Pilgrim.s life had been so full of what he wanted to do that he had never applied himself to wanting to be anything. He certainly had not expected to be a Member of Parliament, until that singular status rose up one evening and took over his life.. Joseph Pilgrim is the hero of Andy McSmith.s compelling fictional debut. Pilgrim has already made several wrong career moves before he is swept into the House of Commons by Labour.s landslide in 1997, much to his own surprise. Ingenuous, though nobody.s fool, he tries to avoid joining a system of patronage and sycophancy, but cannot stop himself from stumbling repeatedly upward towards success. It.s not long before the Prime Minister is making inquiries about the mysterious newcomer and the front benches beckon. But when the story of a sexual peccadillo from long ago falls into the hands of Grub Street.s grubbiest, Pilgrim.s past returns to haunt him. Andy McSmith draws on long experience as a Labour Party press officer and political journalist to create a convincing and exciting tale of politics and scandal. His story is enlivened by cameo appearances of characters that bear an eerily close resemblance to real political figures.
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Publisher
Verso Books
ISBN-10
185984491x
ISBN-13
9781859844915
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22038654104
Product Key Features
Book Title
Innocent in the House
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Political
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.5in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pr6113.C77i66 2002
Edition Description
Reprint
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'eoeMcSmith is a great writer and there's lots to hold your interest, not to mention the fun to be had spotting appearances by the real New Labour stars.'e�, "McSmith is a great writer and there's lots to hold your interest, not to mention the fun to be had spotting appearances by the real New Labour stars."-- Punch "A smart tale of mishaps and successes."-- The Guardian "... a brilliantly clever and wickedly indiscreet novel about New Labour."--'The Browser', The Observer "... not only offers a rattling good yarn but provides more insight into the inner workings of Westminster than many accounts of political progress."-- The Scotsman "Smollet could hardly have contrived it better."--Paul Routledge, The Spectator "This is the first novel; he should have started long ago. His background as a Labour press officer, then working for the Mirror , the Observer and now the Daily Telegraph , makes him uniquely qualified to write about the shenanigans, cruelties and hypocrisies of the political world."--Edwina Currie, The New Statesman "Curl up and enjoy."--Gyles Brandreth, The Good Boook Guide " Innocent in the House is a sumptuous, barely fictional account of Commons life under New Labour--a filthy press, plenty of sex, and the politics ground to pieces in a highly readable vortex of coke snorting, spin doctoring and intrigue. I thoroughly enjoyed it."--Jon Snow, Observer Books of the Year "A comic gem, a kind of Primary Colors that shrewdly lays bare the day-to-day maneuverings of Parliament's power elite."--Mark Rozzo, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, "McSmith is a great writer and there's lots to hold your interest, not to mention the fun to be had spotting appearances by the real New Labour stars."- Punch "A smart tale of mishaps and successes."- The Guardian "... a brilliantly clever and wickedly indiscreet novel about New Labour."-'The Browser', The Observer "... not only offers a rattling good yarn but provides more insight into the inner workings of Westminster than many accounts of political progress."- The Scotsman "Smollet could hardly have contrived it better."-Paul Routledge, The Spectator "This is the first novel; he should have started long ago. His background as a Labour press officer, then working for the Mirror , the Observer and now the Daily Telegraph , makes him uniquely qualified to write about the shenanigans, cruelties and hypocrisies of the political world."-Edwina Currie, The New Statesman "Curl up and enjoy."-Gyles Brandreth, The Good Boook Guide " Innocent in the House is a sumptuous, barely fictional account of Commons life under New Labour-a filthy press, plenty of sex, and the politics ground to pieces in a highly readable vortex of coke snorting, spin doctoring and intrigue. I thoroughly enjoyed it."-Jon Snow, Observer Books of the Year "A comic gem, a kind of Primary Colors that shrewdly lays bare the day-to-day maneuverings of Parliament's power elite."-Mark Rozzo, The Los Angeles Times Book Review
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
823.9/2
Dewey Edition
21
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