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Number Ten
Sue Townsend
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Description for Number Ten
Paperback. Edward Clare was voted into number ten after a landslide election victory. But a few years later and it is all going wrong. The love of the people is gone. The nation is turning against him. Panicking, Prime Minister Clare enlists the help of Jack Sprat, the policeman on the door of No 10, and sets out to discover what the country thinks of him. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Number Ten is the brilliantly funny political satire by Sue Townsend, bestselling author of the Adrian Mole series
'Wickedly entertaining. There is a gem on nearly every page. Nothing escapes Townsend's withering pen. Satirical, witty, observant' Observer
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Behind the doors of the most famous address in the country, all is not well.
Edward Clare was voted into Number Ten after a landslide election victory. But a few years later and it is all going wrong.
The love of the people is gone. The nation is turning against him.
Panicking, Prime Minister Clare enlists the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241958384
SKU
V9780241958384
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-60
About Sue Townsend
Sue Townsend was born in Leicester in 1946. Despite not learning to read until the age of eight, leaving school at fifteen with no qualifications and having three children by the time she was in her mid-twenties, she always found time to read widely. She also wrote secretly for twenty years. After joining a writers' group at The Phoenix Theatre, ... Read more
Reviews for Number Ten
A wickedly entertaining and passionate swipe at New Labour
The Times
There is a gem on nearly every page. Nothing escapes Townsend's withering pen. Satirical, witty, observant . . . a clever book
Observer
Poignant, hilarious, heart-rending, devastating
New Statesman
A delight. Genuinely funny . . . compassion shines through the unashamedly ironic social ... Read more
The Times
There is a gem on nearly every page. Nothing escapes Townsend's withering pen. Satirical, witty, observant . . . a clever book
Observer
Poignant, hilarious, heart-rending, devastating
New Statesman
A delight. Genuinely funny . . . compassion shines through the unashamedly ironic social ... Read more