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The Shape of Ice (Paperback)

by Douglas Hurd (Author)
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  • Paperback: 376 pages
  • Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks; New edition edition (10 Jun 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0751523631
  • ISBN-13: 978-0751523638
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.6 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 834,944 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'A fascinating portrait of his chosen trade' - Max Hastings, EVENING STANDARD 'full of sharp observation and fascinating detail...a riveting read' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'an intriguing, unusual and ambitious consideration of the political life' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'It is a rare book that demands a reread within a few months of its being put down... THE SHAPE OF ICE slips into that category.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Hurd's dry wit is that of the Tory grandee, his reaction to events that of the intellectual who is master of his brief. The result means that you keep turning the pages...' INDEPENDENT 'Hurd writes with stylistic elegance.' DAILY TELEGRAPH

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3.0 out of 5 stars Simon Russell PM Saves the World, 4 Jan 2000
A very interesting insight into high level politics. Hurd gives the reader a good sense of the pace of events surrounding politicians in modern politics and their inability to have the control they would like.

In Simon Russell, Hurd has created a Prime Minister who is insightful, astute and talented, but who gradually loses those powers to ill health and old age.

The relationship between Russell and his wife, daughter and cabinet colleagues are very well portrayed, but unfortunately Hurd has included some unecessary sex scenes which dont add a great deal to the book. Also Hurd's description of the crisis in Russia doesn't really ring true, but his treatment of the crises in Northern Ireland and China are very well developed.

All in all an enjoyable read if you are going away with people you dont necessarily like and need something to take your mind off them!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Synopsis, 15 Sep 2007
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A year on from Tony Blair's crushing defeat at the General Election, the Conservative government cruises into new parliamentary session with a comfortable lead in the opinion polls. As tolerable inflation and low employment work their soothing magic, Britain drifts into political slumber. For Prime Minister Simon Russell, however, returning to Westminster after a serious heart attack, it is no time for complacency. Withstanding his wife's pressure to resign, he moves from meeting to meeting, policy committee to party conference with a new anxiety about his collleagues. Should he fear the Chancellor's ruthless efficiency? Should he welcome the Home Secretary's disarming insouciance? Is he becoming too dependent, for emotional support and ideological substance, on the girl who is his press secretary? Cosseted by civil servants, petitioned by back-benchers and pursued by the tabloids, Russell at first enjoys his own skill in the political arena. The first IRA bomb attack for five years concentrates the government's attention on a consuming issue, and suddenly, irrevocably, the Prime Minister is assualted by crises at home, abroad and in his family life. Events pile up relentlessly. Popular revolutionaries in Russia; corruption in Hong Kong; overcrowded prisons in turmoil - as incidents rise from nowhere, as decisions are hourly demanded, Simon Russell begins a daunting struggle for political and personal survival.
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