Author: CARTWRIGHT, JUSTIN
Title: Half in love / Justin Cartwright
Description: London : Sceptre 2001. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed. inscribed and dated. ; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 309 pages; Physical description. : 309 p. ; 24 cm. Subject: Politicians - England - Fiction. Actresses - England - Fiction. London (England) - Fiction. Great Britain - Politics and government - 1997- - Fiction. Great Britain - Politics and government - 1997-2007 - Fiction. Summary: Richard McAllister. a young minister in the government. has temporarily left the Cabinet while recovering from being stabbed by a thug at a football match. He has decided. while recuperating. to go to South Africa to research a relative and his account of the horse in the Boer War. While in Mafeking. he is called back to London because his passionate affair with an actress has become public knowledge. From that moment. the love affair becomes almost impossibly fraught. The press hound them. the government spin doctors try to suppress all news and Joanna's husband becomes very vindictive. The lovers are parted. and Joanna goes to America. This is a novel about contemporary politics. the power of film. the nature of history and above all about two people caught hopelessly in love. subject to the stresses of fame and scandal. It is an exceptional achievement.Weight in Kg appr.:

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