Black cover, black thoughts, black deeds is what can be found with Andrew Marr's first novel, 'Head of State'. His sense of the 'unordinary' did give me an enjoyable and humorous read with various pieces causing outright laughter. This is not a political read, except that it is a tramp through the corridors of where power could be and how the single minded can contrive to fool us. I loved it although I can accept it will not be taken that way by some and even dismissed as not a worthwhile read by others. In the time sequence it goes back and forth which is a little confusing and even annoying, but I got over that. We are all different and this satirical escapade of what can happen behind closed doors easily fits into the category of something different and some may even say of an accurate take on what happens in the 'Westminster Bubble'. View it as outrageous, view it as implausible, but the topic is 'spot on' for me with two alienated camps, ambitious and arrogant participants displaying 'win only' qualities. Could this happen with a Conservative win in the next election and the promise of a referendum on staying within Europe? Will the carpets soak up the blood to provide another secret within Downing Street or will everything be honest and true?
Or could we hear a straight 'no' or a 'yes' from a politician. Unlikely the latter is so I will go for the former and let the carpets soak it up rhetoric and all. If you want details of the plot - see the back fly.
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