Member Review
Review by
Rachel D, Reviewer
Superb story of Gil Peck, investigative journalist trying to seek the truth and also avenge the death of his beloved sister and treasury adviser. Robert Peston brilliantly mixes the personal and the political in this face paced journey through grief and rage leading up to the 1997 election. Familiar political and media figures of the time are thinly disguised and the line between Tony Blair and David Cameron is a very thin one in his portrayal of Johnny Todd and his new labour. Unusually for a political thriller, Gil is a beautifully drawn flawed hero and Peston is not afraid to create strong female characters and sometimes give them the best lines... Jizzelica forever!
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