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    Head of State

    Written by Andrew Marr

    Narrated by Steven Crossley

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    Two corpses. A country on the edge of a political precipice. A conspiracy so bold it would make Machiavelli wince. Andrew Marr’s debut novel imagines what really might be going on behind the door of 10 Downing Street.

    When a young investigative reporter is found dead on the streets of London few people notice. But when another body – minus its head and hands – is washed up on the banks of the Thames, its grisly condition arouses a little more interest.

    There appears to be no connection between the two dead men. But, unsuspected by the electorate, there is a shocking and dangerous secret at the very heart of government. While the United Kingdom approaches a crucial and delicately-balanced referendum on Europe, a group of ruthlessly determined individuals will stop at nothing – including murder – to prevent the truth from getting out.

    Andrew Marr’s first novel is a gleefully twisted spin through the corridors of power. Making full use of his unrivalled inside knowledge of the British political scene, Marr has threaded his wickedly clever thriller with a distinctive strand of pitch-black humour, to offer an irreverent glimpse behind the parliamentary curtain.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateSep 11, 2014
    ISBN9780008101275
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    Head of State
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    Andrew Marr

    Andrew Marr was born in Glasgow in 1959. He studied English at the University of Cambridge and has since enjoyed a long career in political journalism, working for the Scotsman, the Independent, the Daily Express and the Observer. From 2000 to 2005 he was the BBC’s Political Editor. He has written and presented TV documentaries on history, science and politics, and for many years presented the weekly Andrew Marr Show on Sunday mornings on BBC1 and Start the Week on Radio 4. He left the BBC at the end of 2021 to join LBC, Classic FM and the New Statesman. He lives in London with his family.

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    • 5/5
      Andrew Marr, Politikredakteur bei der BBC mit eigener Talkshow, ist in Großbritannien eher für seine historischenSachbücher bekannt. Sein 1. Roman ist eine turbulente Politsatire um das Referendum zum Verbleib des Königreichs in der EU. Die konservative Partei Englands ist tief gespalten in Befürworter, Gegner und Unentschlossene. Wenige Tage vor der schicksalhaften Abstimmung verstirbt ausgerechnet der populären Premierminister in seinem Amtszimmer. Seine engsten Vertrauten sind so verzweifelt, dass sie beschließen, mithilfe eines dubiosen Multitalents die Öffentlichkeit erst mal über den Gesundheitszustand desPremiers im Unklaren zu lassen. Hier nimmt die Satire teilweise absurde Züge an. Dass trotzdem noch die meisten Pointen sitzen, liegt vor allem an den profunden Insiderkenntnissen und dem scharfzüngigen Humor des Autors.Unterhaltsame Satire auf den Politik- und Medienzirkus moderner Gesellschaften. Allen Bibliotheken mit entsprechender Leserschaft gerne empfohlen.
    • 2/5
      I’ve enjoyed reading Andrew Marr’s accessible history books, & was looking forward to a political thriller by an insider. But this was out & out farce. An interesting idea about the PM keeling over before the referendum vote & a plan to cover-up the event, but the characters were two-dimensional, and I didn’t gain any insight into the inner workings of the political class. Shame.
    • 2/5
      I believe that this is Andrew Marr's first novel - I hope it will be his last! He should stick to non-fiction in future.Marr is an enigmatic and engaging character, and he has been through some sinuous twists of fate over the last few years. Having had a long and successful character as a political journalist, including stints as editor of 'The Independent' and chief political correspondent for the BBC, he branched off into making his own television series and writing popular histories (though the last of these, a history of the world took simplicity and the broad brush to hitherto unplumbed levels), again with great success. His recent BBC series on Scottish writers, timed to coincide with the Referendum was marvellous, particularly the episodes on Sir Walter Scott and Hugh MacDiarmid. His popularity and public image took a bit of a knock with the revelations of his extra-marital affair, though the outrage was more about the hypocrisy of a senior journalist imposing a super-injunction than from any moral perspective. Certainly there has been widespread pleasure at his return to health following his stroke, and he remains immensely, and deservedly, popular. But now this! The most popular of entertainers must surely know that one can test one's public that little bit too far! I was expecting a political thriller on a par with Gavin Esler's 'A Scandalous Man' or Martin Sixsmith's 'Spin' but I was sold a dreadful dummy here. this was like looking forward to an episode of 'Have I Got New For You?' but finding that the guests are Glenda Jackson and Anne Robinson, and Stanly Johnson is chairing it.