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Secret State

Secret State

by Chris Mullin (Author)

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    Paperback 2012

    $3.74
Synopsis

Former steel worker Harry Perkins has, against all the odds, led the Labour Party to a stunning victory at the general election. His manifesto includes the removal of American bases, public control of finance, and the dismantling of the newspaper monopolies. The Establishment is appalled by the prospect, and secretly decides that something must be done. As MI5 conspires with the city and the press barons, Perkins the PM finds himself in a no-holds-barred battle for survival.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 18 Oct 2012
ISBN 10: 1846689139
ISBN 13: 9781846689130
Book Overview: New TV tie-in edition of the acclaimed political satire A Very British Coup - from the celebrated diarist of A View From The Foothills

Media Reviews
A delicious fantasy... crisply written and the story belts along * Observer *
Rattles along with speed and great credibility * The Times *
A curious Molotov cocktail * Financial Times *
A world of power struggle in Downing Street, Fleet Street, Whitehall and Washington * New Statesman *
Compulsive reading * City Limits *
A spiffing read... calculated to grip blue-rinsed Conservative ladies and make Socialist eyes pop * People *
Chris Mullin's book is the first for some time that I have stayed awake to finish -- Ken Livingstone * Labour Herald *
Entertaining to anyone interested in contemporary politics * Glasgow Herald *
Entertaining propaganda * Literary Review *
Author Bio
Chris Mullin was elected labour MP for Sunderland South in 1987. He chaired the Home Affairs Select Committee and was a minister in three departments. He is the author of the A View From the Foothills [9781846682308], Decline and Fall [9781846684005] and A Walk-On Part [9781846685248], all of which are published by Profile.