A scalpel sharp political satire from the Orange Prize winning writer of We Need to Talk about Kevin.‰Û÷A superbly witty political satire‰Ûª THE TIMESEdgar Kellogg has always yearned to be popular. Leaving his lucrative career as a lawyer for the sexier world of journalism, he‰Ûªs thrilled to be offered the post of foreign correspondent in a Portuguese backwater with a home-grown terrorist movement. Barrington Saddler, the disappeared larger-than-life reporter he‰Ûªs been sent to replace, is exactly the outsize character Edgar longs to emulate.‰Û÷The Daring Soldiers of Barba‰Ûª have been blowing up the rest of the world for years in order to win independence for Barba, a province so dismal, backward and windblown that you couldn‰Ûªt give the rat hole away. So why, with Barrington vanished, do the terrorist incidents suddenly dry up?
Dimensions: 129 x 198
Author: Lionel Shriver
ISBN: 9780007459919
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400