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Description
The deliciously sharp new novel from Ferdinand Mount, author of the Sunday Times Book of the Year Kiss Myself Goodbye
Ferdinand 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.
Table of Contents
2 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
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Product details
Published | Sep 06 2022 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 256 |
ISBN | 9781472992895 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Continuum |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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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.
Marina Hyde
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Mount's storytelling is irresistible
Literary Review
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One of our finest prose stylists
Daily Telegraph
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Making Nice is the funniest, shrewdest, most elegant novel I have read in years. What will Mount conjure up next?
The Oldie
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…like all his novels…show his gifts for comedy, physical description and for capturing idiosyncratic mannerisms.
Wall Street Journal
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...This pacey book is great fun to read.
Sunday Times