So You Think You Can Be Prime Minister by Ian Martin
A satirical and humorous guide, complete with interactive elements, to see if readers really have what it takes to be a prime minister by Ian Martin, writer of The Thick of It.How gratifying in these rushed times to find a book without a single mispront
I absolutely loved it. And so did the anaesthetist.
Ian Martin takes no prisoners in this amazing collection of words arranged schematically. * Armando Iannucci *
Ian Martin gets to the truth of British politics by just making stuff up. How’s that possible? Because he’s both a brilliantly funny writer of the highest order, and has a body full of rage. The result is a mesmerising torrent of gags, jokes, hilariousness and spleen that’s about as close as we’re ever going to get to understanding how our country is actually run... * Armando Iannucci *
Ian Martin is an Emmy award-winning comedy writer and producer. His screen credits include the BAFTA-winning BBC series The Thick of It (for which he was originally brought in by Armando Iannucci as ‘swearing consultant’); BAFTA-nominated The Death of Stalin (National Society of Film Critics Award, Best Screenplay); the multi-Emmy award-winning Veep (for which he won an Emmy and two Writers Guild of America Awards) and HBO’s Avenue 5. He also wrote for the Oscar-nominated film In The Loop. His comedy-drama The Hartlepool Spy won the Tinniswood Award for Best Radio Drama in 2020. He has written for the Architects’ Journal, New Statesman, the Observer and the Guardian. His experimental prose poem PANIC was set as a GCSE English question in 1998. From 2000–2005 he edited the cult satirical website martian.fm. His previous books include Epic Space, The Coalition Chronicles and Lost In The Attic. He lives in Lancaster, where he runs a primary school writing workshop. The workshop’s first screenplay – Tig – was shot and released as a short film in 2024.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781526683182 |
| ISBN 10 | 1526683180 |
| Title | So You Think You Can Be Prime Minister |
| Author | Ian Martin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2024-11-07 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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