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Winner of The People's Book Prize Beryl Bainbridge Award for Best First Time Author. 'This brilliant and utterly engrossing debut novel is both a lively political satire and a state-of-the-nation polemic . . . The author's Wodehousian relish of the English language is infectious' Tatler 'Wildly original and beautifully written. It's funny but, at times, unbearably sad' Daily Mail The Rev Tom Ross's quiet and semi-alcoholic life as chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons is about to be shattered. Pastor Petroc Stone of a central London, evangelical church gives sanctuary to a young man being chased by the police for making an anti-Islamic protest. Politicians rage about the Church of England giving a safe haven to a dangerous criminal and Islamists surround the church building, furious at the boy's insult. Meanwhile, the charismatic, white-maned Don of Doubt, Augustus Dymock, and his secular campaign, the Thought Foundation, are pressuring the Church to sell hundreds of its under-used places of worship. As the stories twist and flow together, Ross finds himself caught up in a world of bribes, violence and political spin and, at high personal cost, he must confront his demons. The Speaker's Wife mixes Westminster intrigue with searching depictions of an England which has neglected itsProduct Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group
ISBN-139781472122001
eBay Product ID (ePID)221021392
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Speaker's Wife
AuthorQuentin Letts
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2015
GenreHumor
Number of Pages304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height240mm
Item Width155mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorQuentin Letts
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom