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‘A triumphant return… The best book of the three. The action is unflagging, the characterization razor-sharp, the satirical barbs at politics and politicians unfailingly accurate. Urquhart’s last days in Downing Street are as compelling as Mrs Thatcher’s. What a brilliant creation F.U. is.’
Sunday Telegraph
‘Razor-sharp and merciless… One thing is certain: F.U. will be remembered for much longer than the name of many a real Prime Minister.’
Daily Mail
‘Magnificent… this book has it all.’
Sunday Express
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This is the last instalment of the extraordinary saga about scheming politician Francis Urquhart.
For more than a decade Urquhart has towered above the parliamentary scene. But the county appears to be growing tired of him. The end of an era, they say, time for a change. Yet Urquhart is not ready to retire, still less to be driven from office. If the public demand new blood, that is precisely what he will give them. The blood of his cabinet critics – even the blood of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus – will be freely shed as he takes his battle to survive onto the international stage.
This is a different Francis Urquhart – more vulnerable, more loving, and more ruthless than ever. He will risk everything, but one thing is certain: whatever the outcome of this, his greatest gamble, the name of Francis Urquhart will never be forgotten.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Andrew Davies admitted he didn't actually read this instalment of the House of Cards trilogy before writing his adaptation for television. Dobbs was understandably miffed, but having waded through it myself I can see Davies' point. The sad fact is that the adaptation, though it treated Dobbs' original with scant respect, nonetheless succeeded in giving the tale the pace, wit and life that its original author was incapable of imparting. Dobbs has a story to tell, but his leaden prose and inability to create character kill what interest it might have had. You may want to read this, as I did, to find out the original denouement (Dobbs gives Urquhart a more heroic end than Davies, but without the latter's devastating ironic twist); but otherwise I'd stick with the DVD.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This was my second Dobbs novel and I remain a very big fan. I read this without reading the first two in the trilogy and I don't think my enjoyment of the book suffered at all.
All the usual ingredients are there - high quality writing, clear back-room knowledge, and characters and a plot which activate and maintain interest.
I would have rated this as a clear 5 star but with the many options Dobbs must have had at his disposal to bid farewell to FU convincingly, I think he chose a rather silly one. In short, he could have spent a little more time with the last few pages.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I ordered the three books in the trilogy to take on a long business trip and was extremely disappointed to find that there were pages that had not been bound correctly and some of the print was missing. Moreover, several pages throughout the book came loose as soon as the book was opened. As I was travelling I could not return the book and so struggled through with loose pages and partially missing type. I emailed a complaint to Amazon, particularly as at £12.59 the paperback book was expensive for a relatively old book (although I believe that it was a new edition). I have received no response.
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