One of the world's most popular writers of literate thrillers, has, with the help of Simon Bainbridge, selected a collection of his favorite short stories about the political jungle. Here are stories by a diverse array of writers, from Twain and Dickens to London and Kipling. Jeffrey Archer is the bestselling author of Kane and Abel, First Among Equals, and other novels.
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Of these 10 stories collected by novelist Archer ( Kane and Abel ) and English bookseller/editor Bainbridge, some are political only in the most tenuous sense. Mark Twain, in "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," strips away the pretensions of self-appointed arbiters of morality. In "The Greatest Man in the World," James Thurber reveals the petty personality behind an aviation hero's public persona. Other entries show how Dickens, Joyce, Kipling and Saki use the milieu of politics for their own ends, often to score a moral point. Kingsley Amis's "I Spy Strangers," about a disillusioned British unit stationed in Germany at the close of WW II, turns on Labour's 1945 election victory, contrasting the faith that sustained the men through war with the need to readjust to an unknown postwar reality. In Archer's own "The Coup," a Brazilian corporate mogul visiting Nigeria navigates treacherous waters in the wake of a bloody palace revolt. Only the socialist Jack London's "The Dream of Debs," about a general strike, is politically committed. Politics, in these feisty, stinging stories, is for the most part a breeding-ground for ruthless self-seekers.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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To be invited to compile a collection of short stories with a political theme was an attractive challenge: there is a good deal of material to choose from, we believe no such anthology has been published before, and politics remains a subject of wide interest. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sir Thomas, Corrupted Hadleyburg, The Man, Mark Twain, Kingsley Amis, Voted the Earth, The Village, The Bun, Rudyard Kipling, San Francisco, The Chair, Manuel Rodrigues, Jack London, General Folsom, The Coup, Committee Room, Head of State, Jeffrey Archer, The Dream of Debs, Bat Masquerier, Major Raleigh, Signal Office, General Mohammed, James Joyce, Eduardo de Silveira Browse Sample Pages:
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To be invited to compile a collection of short stories with a political theme was an attractive challenge: there is a good deal of material to choose from, we believe no such anthology has been published before, and politics remains a subject of wide interest. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sir Thomas, Corrupted Hadleyburg, The Man, Mark Twain, Kingsley Amis, Voted the Earth, The Village, The Bun, Rudyard Kipling, San Francisco, The Chair, Manuel Rodrigues, Jack London, General Folsom, The Coup, Committee Room, Head of State, Jeffrey Archer, The Dream of Debs, Bat Masquerier, Major Raleigh, Signal Office, General Mohammed, James Joyce, Eduardo de Silveira Browse Sample Pages:
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