Making Nice - by Ferdinand Mount (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><b>From the bestselling author of <i>Kiss Myself Goodbye</i> comes a raucous, deliciously funny political satire for fans of Evelyn Waugh and <i>Veep</i>.</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>From the bestselling author of <i>Kiss Myself Goodbye</i> comes a raucous, deliciously funny political satire for fans of Evelyn Waugh and <i>Veep</i>.</b> <p/>Ferdinand Mount's latest novel is a journey through the murky world of London PR firms, the back rooms of Westminster and on the campaign trail in America and Africa. Along for the ride is the hapless Dickie, lately the diplomatic correspondent for a London financial newspaper. With his wife Jane and their two daughters, Dickie finds himself bound up in an ever more alarming series of unfortunate events, revolving around the shady character of Ethel (Ethelbert), founder of the dubious public relations agency Making Nice. <p/><i>Making Nice</i> is a masterly take on the madness of contemporary society and the limitless human capacity for self-deception. <p/>This is Ferdinand Mount at his very best.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Ferdinand Mount's exquisite writing draws you into a gorgeously horrid world of lies, where all authenticity is faked, and where the biggest deceptions are the ones we practise upon ourselves. Perhaps you recognise the place he's talking about. <b>He exposes such cold truths with such warmth - I am in eternal awe of his writing, wherever I find it</b>." - <i>Marina Hyde</i> <p/>"<b>Mount's storytelling is irresistible"</b> - <i>Literary Review</i> <p/>"<b>One of our finest prose stylists"</b> - <i>Daily Telegraph</i> <p/>"<b><i>Making Nice</i> is the funniest, shrewdest, most elegant novel I have read in years. What will Mount conjure up next?"</b> - <i>The Oldie</i> <p/>"...like all his novels...<b>show his gifts for comedy, physical description and for capturing idiosyncratic mannerisms</b>." - <i>Wall Street Journal</i> <p/>"<b>...This pacey book is great fun to read."</b> - <i>Sunday Times</i> <p/>"<b>At <i>Making Nice'</i>s heart is a serious lesson about the fine line between success and scandal, truth and lies."</b> - <i>Chloe Ashby, The Spectator</i> <p/>"<b>A razor-sharp comedy of political misfortunes."</b> - <i>Literary Review</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Ferdinand Mount</b> is a novelist, essayist and former editor of the <i>Times Literary Supplement </i>from 1991 to 2002. He was previously head of the Number Ten Policy Unit under Margaret Thatcher. As a journalist, he has contributed regular columns to <i>The Spectator, Daily Telegraph </i>and<i> Sunday Times. </i>His novel <i>Of Love and Asthma, </i>part of a six-volume series, <i>A Chronicle of Modern Twilight, </i>won the Hawthornden Prize in 1992. He lives in North London with his family.
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