Goodfellowe MP (Windsor Selections) - Hardcover

Michael Dobbs

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754011046 ISBN 13: 9780754011040

Publisher: Harper Collins, 1998

Synopsis

FROM THE CREATOR Or FRANCIS URQUHART, THE MOST MEMORABLE POLITICIAN OF THE LAST DECADE COMES A NEW POLITICAL HEROThomas Goodfellowe is far from an ordinary MP. He has an overdraft and an absent wife. A tormented daughter and a troublesome constituency. A sensational secretary and a drink-driving conviction.He lives in London's Chinatown, and when he is called on to help a young Chinese girl, he has no idea that he will fall foul of the Prime Minister, the police and the press - particularly Freddy Corsa, a desperate newspaper proprietor, who sets out to ruin Goodfellowe - financially, politically and sexually.Goodfellowe is one man against the system, and he is about to be destroyed in tomorrow's newspaper.

About this title

From the Publisher

'Michael Dobbs does for Westminster skulduggery what Agatha Christie did for the country house murder. He knows what we like and he knows how to spin a rattling good yarn.' - Gyles Brandreth, Sunday Express

'Splendid, as good as anything Dobbs has done.' - Sunday Telegraph

About the Author

Michael Dobbs was at Mrs Thatcher's side as she took her first step into Downing Street as Prime Minister, and was a key aide to John Major when he was voted out. In between times he was bombed in Brighton, banished from Chequers and blamed for failing to secure a Blair-Major television debate. He is now one of the country's leading political commentators.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754011046
• ISBN 13: 9780754011040
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384