Number Ten

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• In the glare of Blair

  Number Ten by Sue Townsend Michael Joseph £15.99, pp323 A Prime Minister, Edward Clare, decides to find out what Britain is really like by travelling around the country disguised as a woman called Edwina, accompanied by the policeman who normally sta ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• Behind the black door

  Number Ten by Sue Townsend 336pp, Michael Joseph, £15.99 The first chapter is Sue Townsend at her absolute best. Compassion shines through the unashamedly ironic social commentary. But, as I read the next 50 pages, I began to wish that I had not agre ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  Funny if a bit obvious

  Someone has started a bit of a book crossing thing in one of the rooms at work. I found this - I've never seen it anywhere else.
  A short story is that thing's are not going well, so the Prime Minister takes a short break and goes undercover travelling around the country in cognito accompanied ... (continue)

  Someone has started a bit of a book crossing thing in one of the rooms at work. I found this - I've never seen it anywhere else.
  A short story is that thing's are not going well, so the Prime Minister takes a short break and goes undercover travelling around the country in cognito accompanied by a policeman.
  Very obvious parody of New Labour - possibly a bit too obvious, but still a good fun read with some very funny bits in it (the MI5 guys listening in). It was also surprisingly affectionate. The prime minister wasn't completely loathsome - I think the point was slightly that you'd have to be a bit mad to want to run a country.
  I was slightly disappointed with the ending on first reading, but like a couple of other books I've read this year, it seemed better after it had sunk in for a few hours.

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• English Books
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• ISBN-10: 0141802448
• ISBN-13: 9780141802442
• Publisher: Gardners Books
• Pub date: Oct 31, 2002
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Others and eBook

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