Quentin Letts is een Britse journalist en theatercriticus, bekend om zijn scherpe geest en provocerende commentaren op de Britse samenleving. Zijn schrijven ontleedt vaak thema's als politieke correctheid, media-hypocrisie en sociale normen, waarbij hij onbevreesd hedendaagse trends en figuren uitdaagt. Gekenmerkt door sarcasme, ironie en compromisloze humor, beoogt Letts debat uit te lokken en de status quo ter discussie te stellen. Zijn werk richt zich voornamelijk op de analyse van culturele en maatschappelijke verschijnselen, met als doel de essentie en impact ervan op de Britse identiteit te ontrafelen.
Sunday Times bestselling author of 50 People Who Buggered up Britain, Quentin Letts, is back, his wit sharper than ever as he reveals the real pandemic plaguing society: the passive-aggressive finger-wagging of the managerial class, as they use the coronavirus to assert their control.
Winner of The People's Book Prize Beryl Bainbridge Award for Best First Time Author. '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' Tatler 'Wildly original and beautifully written. It's funny but, at times, unbearably sad' Daily Mail The Rev Tom Ross's quiet and semi-alcoholic life as chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons is about to be shattered. Pastor 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. Meanwhile, 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. As 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. The Speaker's Wife mixes 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.
Which fifty people made Britain the wreck she is? From ludicrous propagandist Alastair Campbell to the Luftwaffe's allies and the modernist architects, it's time to name the guilty
A fantastic collection of Quentin Letts' best writing.
From Sunday Times bestselling author of 50 People Who Buggered Up Britain, Quentin Letts, comes his blistering new book on how Britain's out-of-touch, illiberal elite fills its boots.