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- Synopsis
- They dug up his bones. They didn’t know he had a mind of his own.‘I loved this smart and divinely wry book… what a terrific eye and ear is at work here!’ ELINOR LIPMANUnder tennis courts in the ruins of a great abbey, archaeologists find the remains of St Edmund, once venerated as England’s patron saint, but lost for half a millennium.Culture Secretary Marina Spencer, adored by those who have never met her, scents an opportunity. She promotes Edmund as a new patron saint for the United Kingdom, playing up his Scottish, Welsh and Irish credentials. Unfortunately these are pure fiction, invented by Mark Price, her downtrodden aide, in a moment of panic.The only person who can see through the deception is Mark’s cousin Hannah, a member of the dig team. Will she blow the whistle or help him out? And what of St Edmund himself, watching through the prism of a very different age?Splicing ancient and modern as he did in The Hopkins Conundrum and A Right Royal Face-Off, Simon Edge pokes fun at Westminster culture and celebrates the cult of a medieval saint in another beguiling and utterly original comedy.
- Copyright:
- 2020
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781785631924
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781785631917
- Publisher:
- Eye Books
- Date of Addition:
- 07/12/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Simon Edge
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Humor, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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