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A Very British Coup – Chris Mullin
(Serpent’s Tail 2010, originally published 1982) In this speculative story of political skullduggery, Chris Mullin (a Labour MP, though not when he wrote the book) shows how Britain might have been. The book begins with the 1989 general election in … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 New Reads, Fiction, Reviews
Tagged 1989, Chris Mullin, Labour government, nuclear power, politics, speculative fiction, third columnists
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