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The Death of an Owl
- Narrator
- Leighton Pugh
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 14 April 2016
- Run Time
- 8 hours 13 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
When they leave university, the characters go their separate ways. But as Charles's career as a journalist takes off, he finds himself once more in their orbit and observes at first hand the price of ambition, and the inner workings of the political machine. And when the country's future leader accidentally hits an owl on a country road, there are difficult choices to be made...
DEATH OF AN OWL is a satire on political expediency and spin from the author of SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN.
(p) 2016 Orion Publishing Group
Critics Review
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best suited to a fireside on a winter's night, but it's no less satisfying for that
DAILY MAIL
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A delightful Gothic fantasy... Witty and well-crafted - completed with panache
THE GUARDIAN
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Compelling blend of morality and satire
SUNDAY MIRROR
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Skeweringly accurate... THE DEATH OF AN OWL will ring true with anyone who has ever hated politicians or fallen out of love
EVENING STANDARD
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The Death of an Owl makes the journey from well-crafted and urbane political novel to spooky melodrama with elegance. A pleasure to read
DAILY EXPRESS
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Piers has taken up the story so perfectly that you can't see the join.
THE TIMES
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Details
- Author
- Paul Torday, Piers Torday
- Narrator
- Leighton Pugh
- Duration
- 8 hours 13 minutes
- Release Date
- 14 April 2016
- ISBN
- 9781409160519
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Political / legal thriller, Humour
Synopsis
Brought up in Switzerland, the only son of well-to-do parents, Charles Fryerne is somewhat unprepared for the world he meets when he goes up to Oxford University in the early 1980s. There he meets a fascinating social set, including a stellar young playwright, a student dubbed 'the future leader of the Conservative party' and a mercurial figure with ambitions to become the youngest prime minister since Pitt. When they leave university, the characters go their separate ways. But as Charles's career as a journalist takes off, he finds himself once more in their orbit and observes at first hand the price of ambition, and the inner workings of the political machine. And when the country's future leader accidentally hits an owl on a country road, there are difficult choices to be made...DEATH OF AN OWL is a satire on political expediency and spin from the author of SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN.(p) 2016 Orion Publishing Group
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