{"product_id":"the-pentecost-papers-hardcover","title":"The Pentecost Papers - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFerdinand Mount\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gloriously inventive, wonderfully entertaining, wickedly knowing . . . Read it and revel' \u003c\/b\u003eJOHN BANVILLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The unsung hero of his generation of novelists . . . Astute, funny and heartbreaking' \u003c\/b\u003eTANYA GOLD \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCorruption, destruction, danger and murder: Welcome to the murky world of the super-rich. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTimothy 'Timbo' Smith, part-time healer and self-styled security analyst, travels down the \u003cb\u003edark canyons of global capitalism\u003c\/b\u003e, from short-selling scams in the City to the depleted rainforests of Brazil. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis accomplices in \u003cb\u003ethis irresistible safari through the late modern world\u003c\/b\u003e are two reformed alcoholics, the lovely and brilliant Lee 'Lethal' Thorold, and her husband Professor Luke Deverill, lecherous Oxford philosopher and caustic computer wizard. Their \u003cb\u003emisadventures \u003c\/b\u003eare followed at a bewildered distance by the played-out diplomatic correspondent Dickie Pentecost, who tags along mostly because Timbo is the only man who can cure his agonising back and is always one step behind \u003cb\u003ethe Machiavellian actions\u003c\/b\u003e of those who precede him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of the searing satire, \u003ci\u003e Making Nice\u003c\/i\u003e, comes his \u003cb\u003emost entertaining, perceptive and unflinching novel yet\u003c\/b\u003e, lifting the veil on the\u003cb\u003e seedy realities of modern life\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFerdinand Mount\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, essayist and former editor of the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement \u003c\/i\u003efrom 1991 to 2002. As a political figure, he was head of the Number Ten Policy Unit. As a journalist, he has contributed regular columns to \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator, Daily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times. \u003c\/i\u003eHis novel \u003ci\u003eOf Love and Asthma, \u003c\/i\u003epart of a six-volume series, \u003ci\u003eA Chronicle of Modern Twilight, \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Hawthornden Prize in 1992. He lives in North London with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47499149902045,"sku":"9781526682727","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/7zvWu3HZq89781526682727.webp?v=1771996738","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-pentecost-papers-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}