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Westminster Blues

Westminster Blues

Westminster Blues

Paul Gubbins

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Editorial:
New Generation Publishing Ltd
Año de edición:
2014
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781910162866
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It’s Autumn 2014. The Scots have voted for devolution and a leader of an unpopular coalition is fretting about the forthcoming general election. Meanwhile Tim Ryder, a junior minister, is undergoing what his wife Margo terms a mid-life crisis. But is it? As Ryder attempts to reevaluate his life, his relationships and his career, he realises he is in the grip of circumstances he cannot control.This is a fast-paced novel set in London, Edinburgh, the northwest of England and the USA. It is a story of human adversity set against a backdrop of political wheeling and dealing. It is a tale for our times.This is Paul Gubbins’ second novel in English. He writes also in the international language Esperanto.

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