Boys Will be Boys by Jeff Pearlman
V.O.T.E. is set in the not-too-distant future but in a radically changed political landscape in which, under presently existing law, a private company - Voice Of The Electorate - has evolved into the de facto power controlling parliament and its legislative programme. The struggle between an over-powerful chairman of V.O.T.E. and the only remaining 'independent' member of the Commons, leader of the traditionalist Westminster Movement, in its attempt to unpick this massive confidence trick and restore democracy, becomes a desperate once-for-all gamble in the run-up to the first meaningful general election in fifty years, in which more than one life is lost. The campaign unfolds against the background of a United Kingdom in which the National Lottery has been replaced by something much closer to the games of ancient Rome, and when the central character, V.O.T.E.'s home secretary designate but now in revolt against it, finds himself forcibly conscripted into the arena, it is only the merest accident of an earlier and violent encounter in the street which comes to his rescue in the fight for life.
Pearlman, Jeff: - JEFF PEARLMAN is the New York Times best-selling author of eight books, including Football for a Buck, The Bad Guys Won!, Boys Will Be Boys, Showtime, Sweetness, and Gunslinger. He lives in Southern California with his wife, Catherine, and children, Casey and Emmett. He is the host of the Two Writers Slinging Yang podcast and blogs regularly at jeffpearlman.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780061256806 |
| ISBN 10 | 0061256803 |
| Title | Boys Will be Boys |
| Author | Jeff Pearlman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2008-09-16 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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