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American Adulterer: From the creator of Bodyguard and Line of Duty

American Adulterer: From the creator of Bodyguard and Line of Duty

by JedMercurio (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

    $3.23

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    Hardcover 2009

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Synopsis

From the creator of the award-winning TV show, Line of Duty Like any womaniser, the subject of this novel must go to extraordinary lengths to hide his affairs from his wife and colleagues. But this is no ordinary adulterer - he is John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States. Yet he is also a virtuous man ensnared by an uncontrollable vice. Startlingly empathetic, darkly witty and deft, American Adulterer takes inspiration from the tantalising details surrounding President Kennedy's sex life and medical secrets to weave a provocatively intricate portrait of the man's affairs, illness, courage and idealism - and in JFK's love for his wife, recreates one of history's most fascinatingly enigmatic marriages.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 368
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04 Mar 2010
ISBN 10: 0099515873
ISBN 13: 9780099515876
Book Overview: A breathtaking, original and compelling novel based on the private life of JFK, one of the most controversial subjects in the history of American politics.

Media Reviews
Remarkable... The president's wit, courtesy, peacemaking vision and cool judgement are all here, vividly re-created, as well as courage in the face of near disabling infirmity and pain....gripping and thoughtful -- Hugo Barnacle * The Sunday Times *
Compelling. Glacially elegant prose... depicts a man who, for all his power, remains imprisoned by desire -- Adrian Turpin * Financial Times *
He writes in brilliantly clinical prose...His real success is here is to highlight how JFK moved politics into a culture of celebrity...Mercurio finds a truth in JFK through fiction -- Ben East * Metro *
Mercurio ought to be applauded for the boldness of his project...The Cuban Missile Crisis is brilliantly, claustrophobically handled, and the treatment of the president's tragically premature son Joseph so riveted me that I found my head reluctantly buried in the book as I walked down the street and bumped into things -- Archie Bland * Independent *
American Adulterer is a novel of our times: shameless and prurient, detached and salacious -- Sean O'Hagan * The Observer *
Author Bio
Jed Mercurio's first novel, Bodies, was chosen as one of the five best debuts of 2002 by the Guardian. His adaptation won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Drama Series of 2005. His second novel, Ascent, was published in 2007.