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Number Ten is the brilliantly funny political satire by Sue Townsend, bestselling author of the Adrian Mole series

''Wickedly entertaining. There is a gem on nearly every page. Nothing escapes Townsend''s withering pen. Satirical, witty, observant'' Observer
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Behind the doors of the most famous address in the country, all is not well.

Edward Clare was voted into Number Ten after a landslide election victory. But a few years later and it is all going wrong.

The love of the people is gone. The nation is turning against him.

Panicking, Prime Minister Clare enlists the help of Jack Sprat, the policeman on the door of No 10, and sets out to discover what the country really thinks of him.

In disguise, they venture into the great unknown: the mean streets of Great Britain.

And for the first time in years, the Prime Minister experiences everything life in this country has to offer - an

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A wickedly entertaining and passionate swipe at New Labour * The Times *
There is a gem on nearly every page. Nothing escapes Townsend's withering pen. Satirical, witty, observant . . . a clever book * Observer *
Poignant, hilarious, heart-rending, devastating * New Statesman *
A delight. Genuinely funny . . . compassion shines through the unashamedly ironic social commentary * Guardian *

Number Ten

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 10 May 2012
      ISBN-13 9780241958384
      978-0241958384
      ISBN-10 0241958385
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      Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Number Ten is the brilliantly funny political satire by Sue Townsend, bestselling author of the Adrian Mole series

      ''Wickedly entertaining. There is a gem on nearly every page. Nothing escapes Townsend''s withering pen. Satirical, witty, observant''       Observer
      ____________

      Behind the doors of the most famous address in the country, all is not well.

      Edward Clare was voted into Number Ten after a landslide election victory. But a few years later and it is all going wrong.

      The love of the people is gone. The nation is turning against him.

      Panicking, Prime Minister Clare enlists the help of Jack Sprat, the policeman on the door of No 10, and sets out to discover what the country really thinks of him.

      In disguise, they venture into the great unknown: the mean streets of Great Britain.

      And for the first time in years, the Prime Minister experiences everything life in this country has to offer - an

      Trade Review
      A wickedly entertaining and passionate swipe at New Labour * The Times *
      There is a gem on nearly every page. Nothing escapes Townsend's withering pen. Satirical, witty, observant . . . a clever book * Observer *
      Poignant, hilarious, heart-rending, devastating * New Statesman *
      A delight. Genuinely funny . . . compassion shines through the unashamedly ironic social commentary * Guardian *

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