{"product_id":"the-speakers-wife-isbn-9781472122001","title":"The Speaker's Wife","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of The People's Book Prize Beryl Bainbridge Award for Best First Time Author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This brilliant and utterly engrossing debut novel is both a lively political satire and a state-of-the-nation polemic . . . The author's Wodehousian relish of the English language is infectious' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTatler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wildly original and beautifully written. It's funny but, at times, unbearably sad' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Rev Tom Ross's quiet and semi-alcoholic life as chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons is about to be shattered. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePastor Petroc Stone of a central London, evangelical church gives sanctuary to a young man being chased by the police for making an anti-Islamic protest. Politicians rage about the Church of England giving a safe haven to a dangerous criminal and Islamists surround the church building, furious at the boy's insult.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, the charismatic, white-maned Don of Doubt, Augustus Dymock, and his secular campaign, the Thought Foundation, are pressuring the Church to sell hundreds of its under-used places of worship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the stories twist and flow together, Ross finds himself caught up in a world of bribes, violence and political spin and, at high personal cost, he must confront his demons. \u003ci\u003eThe Speaker's Wife \u003c\/i\u003emixes Westminster intrigue with searching depictions of an England which has neglected its beliefs. Laugh-aloud satire is mixed with moving passages about the human condition and even a fairytale love story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Constable \u0026 Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44894866014437,"sku":"NP9781472122001","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_fe9cf8d7-a41a-438d-bc15-8501373081d0.jpg?v=1773106832","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-speakers-wife-isbn-9781472122001","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}