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名人推荐'Thisblood-and-thundertale,lifelikeandthoroughlycynical,certainlycarriestheringofauthenticity...agreattriumph.'-Independent'TheexcitingthrillerthathasWestminsterbuzzing.Hereisapoliticalthrillerwriterwithamar
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MichaelDobbshascarvedoutauniquenicheasBritain'sleadingpoliticalthrillerwriter.HisbookshaveforetoldthedownfallofPrimeMinistersandthegrowingturmoilwithintheRoyalFamily.EveryonehasbeenaTopTenbestseller.Hisfirstnovel,HouseOfCards,launchedthecareerofthevillainousFrancisUrquhart,oneofthemostmemorablefictionalcharactersofrecentyears.HealsoappearsinToPlaytheKingandTheFinalCut,andwasimmortalizedbyIanRichardsoninthreeaward-winningBBCTVseries.FormorethantwodecadesMichaelDobbshasbeenattherighthandofpoliticalcontroversy.HewasatMrsThatcher'ssideasshetookherfirststepintoDowningStreetasPrimeMinister,andwasakeyaidetoJohnMajorwhenhewasvotedout.InbetweentimeshewasbombedinBrighton,banishedfromChequersandblamedforfailingtosecureaBlair-Majortelevisiondebate.Hisexperienceshaveledhimtobedescribedas'Westminster'sbaby-facedhitman'and'amanwho,inLatinAmerica,wouldhavebeenshot'.MichaelDobbs'mostrecentnovels,featuringhislatestpoliticalhero,ThomasGoodfelloweMP,areGoodfelloweMPandTheBuddhaofBrewerStreet.
