From the bestselling author of Kiss Myself Goodbye comes a raucous, deliciously funny political satire for fans of Evelyn Waugh and Veep .
Ferdinand Mount 's latest novel is a journey through the murky world of London PR firms, the back rooms of Westminster and on the campaign trail in America and Africa.
Along for the ride is the hapless Dickie, lately the diplomatic correspondent for a London financial newspaper.
With his wife Jane and their two daughters, Dickie finds himself bound up in an ever more alarming series of unfortunate events, revolving around the shady character of Ethel (Ethelbert), founder of the dubious public relations agency Making Nice .
Making Nice is a masterly take on the madness of contemporary society and the limitless human capacity for self-deception.
This is Ferdinand Mount at his very best.
About author(s): Ferdinand Mount is a novelist, essayist and former editor of the Times Literary Supplement from 1991 to 2002.
He was previously head of the Number Ten Policy Unit under Margaret Thatcher.
As a journalist, he has contributed regular columns to The Spectator, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Times.
His novel Of Love and Asthma, part of a six-volume series, A Chronicle of Modern Twilight, won the Hawthornden Prize in 1992.
He lives in North London with his family.
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Bloomsbury Continuum Making nice, hardcover/ferdinand mount
