American Adulterer

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A breath-taking, original and compelling novel based on the private life of JFK, from the BAFTA award-winning creator of Bodyguard and Line of Duty

John Fitzgerald Kennedy is the 35th President of the United States, and a serial womaniser. An American man for the modern age: Kennedy is handsome, charming, a beaming paragon of worldly virtue. But beneath the slick veneer of a confident statesman he harbours a vice that will threaten his family, his fortune and even his country.

Empathetic, darkly witty and deft, Jed Mercurio's American Adulterer shines a novelist's spotlight on the world's most powerful, and corrupting institution: the American Presidency.

'A novel of our times: shameless and prurient, detached and salacious' Observer

© Jed Mercurio 2009 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Critics Review

  • American Adulterer is a novel of our times: shameless and prurient, detached and salacious

    The Observer

  • Compelling. Glacially elegant prose… depicts a man who, for all his power, remains imprisoned by desire

    Financial Times

  • A gripping and thoughtful novel

    Sunday Times

  • Remarkable… The president’s wit, courtesy, peacemaking vision and cool judgement are all here, vividly re-created, as well as courage in the face of near disabling infirmity and pain….gripping and thoughtful

    The Sunday Times

  • He writes in brilliantly clinical prose…His real success is here is to highlight how JFK moved politics into a culture of celebrity…Mercurio finds a truth in JFK through fiction

    Metro

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