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Making Nice

Autor Ferdinand Mount
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2022
The deliciously sharp new novel from Ferdinand Mount, author of the Sunday Times Book of the Year Kiss Myself GoodbyeFerdinand Mount's stinging satire plunges into the dubious world of London PR firms, the back rooms of Westminster and the campaign trail in Africa and America. We follow the hapless Dickie Pentecost, redundant diplomatic correspondent for a foundering national newspaper, together with his stern oncologist wife Jane, and their daughters Flo, an aspiring ballerina, and the quizzical teenager Lucy.The whole family find themselves entangled in an ever more alarming series of events revolving around the elusive Ethel (full name Ethelbert), dynamic founder of the soaring public relations agency Making Nice.With echoes of Evelyn Waugh and The Thick of It, Making Nice is a masterly take on the madness of contemporary society and the limitless human capacity for self-deception.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472992895
ISBN-10: 147299289X
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Will appeal to a wide readership for literary and political novels, and to readers of Mount's numerous published essays, fiction and non-fiction

Notă biografică

Ferdinand Mount is a novelist, essayist and former editor of the Times Literary Supplement from 1991 to 2002. He was previously head of the Number Ten Policy Unit under Margaret Thatcher. As a journalist, he has contributed regular columns to The Spectator, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Times. His novel Of Love and Asthma, part of a six-volume series, A Chronicle of Modern Twilight, won the Hawthornden Prize in 1992. He lives in North London with his family.

Cuprins

1 Champing2 Smiley Face 3 Hi-Vis 4 The Real Greek 5 Board Games 6 On Safari 7 Flo Flown 8 Jerrybuilt 9 Ghosting 10 Spinland 11 In the Cockpit 12 The Golden Jacket 13 The Locator 14 Lost and Found Thanks

Recenzii

Ferdinand Mount's exquisite writing draws you into a gorgeously horrid world of lies, where all authenticity is faked, and where the biggest deceptions are the ones we practise upon ourselves. Perhaps you recognise the place he's talking about. He exposes such cold truths with such warmth - I am in eternal awe of his writing, wherever I find it.
Mount's storytelling is irresistible
One of our finest prose stylists
Making Nice is the funniest, shrewdest, most elegant novel I have read in years. What will Mount conjure up next?
.like all his novels.show his gifts for comedy, physical description and for capturing idiosyncratic mannerisms.
...This pacey book is great fun to read.
At Making Nice's heart is a serious lesson about the fine line between success and scandal, truth and lies.
A razor-sharp comedy of political misfortunes.
Mr Mount has written a satire to be consumed in one sitting, a pointed critique of the modern world delivered with pluck and verve.
[Mount] is very good on behavioural quirks, often evoking them with unexpected analogies. Making Nice is a comedy of manners with satirical trappings, and highly enjoyable, too.
Seldom can a satirical novel have proved more pertinent.
So begins a rollicking rollercoaster ride through modern politics.showcasing Mount's pitch-perfect comic ear and a keen eye for caricature.
A razor-sharp political satire from the author of The Sunday Times Book of the Year Kiss Myself Goodbye. This book is exceptionally well-written. a feast of shrewd observations. the prose is often deliciously rich in description and imagery.