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Author: Bell, Andy

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 25 June 2024 by Biteback Publishing in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 400 pages
198 x 128 x 28 | 278g

Brexit is unravelling.

Amid the turmoil of plots, government defeats, resignations and riots, theUnited Kingdom’s choice to leave the European Union and make its own way in theworld has left the country more fractured than ever. At the heart of the chaosis Alan, a special adviser to a government minister; Mitra, a Labour MP; Jenny,a TV news producer; and Davey, a UKIP activist. Each will struggle to keepcontrol of their own lives as they navigate a political environment thatbecomes more aggressive and unpredictable by the day.

This sweeping noveltakes its characters from the streets of Westminster to decaying towns, fromthe dingiest of pool halls to the heart of No. 10, and finally brings them alltogether for a debate in front of a live audience during the 2019 election.

That night, there is more at stake than just politics; at least one of them isin real danger. Will they all survive – and if they do, will they be able tostart draining some of the poison from the political world they now inhabit?