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Synopsis
The Curious Incident of the WMD in Iraq is a mystery like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Anthony Algernon St. Michael Blair, the Prime Minister of Britain. He knows a great deal about New Labour, sound bites, and why he makes a good leader, and very little about the history of Iraq. He loves cheese and hates Gordon Brown. He discovers what he thinks is the central mystery and sets out to investigate it, but subsequently discovers a deception which leaves him forever linked in an uneasy triangle with a stumbling, inarticulate US president and a genocidal dictator.
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About the Author
After a career in advertising, Rohan Candappa wrote The Little Book of Stress (Ebury) which has sold over one million copies. He is now a full-time writer and in 2004 he had a hit for Profile with The Curious Incident of the WMD in Iraq. This year he has received excellent reviews for his memoir Picklehead. He lives with his wife and two children in North London.
From Publishers Weekly
A title sure to pique the curiosity of Americans who oppose the Iraq war (especially those who have read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), this British political parody is at times clever and informative but, on the whole, does not translate well for U.S. readers. The tone stays extremely close to the original, using footnotes similarly and nearly duplicating key portions of the text: "When I first met Alastair... he showed me this picture: And I knew it meant 'In Opposition'. Then he showed me this picture: And I knew it meant 'In Power'." This technique is used to great effect initially; however, the book is far too long to sustain the close parroting, and it soon grows tedious. Tony Blair's personal history and the rise to power of his New Labour party make up well over half of the text; one of the characters even notes that it takes far too long to begin talking about Iraq. The book likely contains a great deal of good material on Blair, but those unfamiliar with British political parties and politicians will find it difficult to separate fact from fiction or to truly understand the majority of the humor. (Many quotes are formatted in such a way as to imply that they are real, but a number of them clearly aren't, which will make readers wonder whether any of the presented "facts" are true.) The primary implication of this parody seems to be that Blair is charismatic but secretly totalitarian and ruthless, thinking himself heir to a world empire and plotting behind even his friends' backs. Though the book contains a few bits of information that may prove revelatory to U.S. readers, its appeal will likely be limited on this side of the pond.
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- PublisherProfile Books Ltd
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1861979002
- ISBN 13 9781861979001
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages181
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