- Hardcover: 436 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan (9 May 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0333653378
- ISBN-13: 978-0333653371
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 4.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 922,033 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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With local democracy undermined at every turn, anger at political impotence imposed by Westminster creates a dangerous hunger for change. Backed by a Singapore billionaire, an English city port seeks to become Europe's newest financially-independent city-state.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was a great book, a great story driven by great characterisation. It is, as the author points out, total fantasy, but by the end of the tale I was caught up in the plausibility of it all and wanted to know more. What happened to the people of Portsmouth and Whitehall after all they’d been through? What happened to the mysterious Oriental business magnate? And the fascist boot boy? To the relationships between them all? This is the type of book that you don’t come across all that often, with a well thought out plot that steers clear of the mainstream and has its own voice. The city of Portsmouth looms large, which makes a change from the streets of London or the sprinkling of Northern cities where most of our dramas seem to take place. This is the third novel by Graham Hurley that I’ve read, and I enjoy each one better than the last.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thoroughly enjoyed the content and scope of the book and the idea of setting up an political party to just run one city. The National Front element was a bit unbelievable though. The climax of the book promised to be good too, then the book stopped, without any proper ending. Did the party ever win, who ended up with who? I felt this was a shame as it spoilt the read and left a sense of disappointment at the end.
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