{"product_id":"the-house-9780751578805","title":"The House","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A prescient page-turner about secrets, lies, ruthless ambition and betrayal'' SARAH VAUGHAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A rare view from the inside of the Machiavellian machinations for power  . . . Fascinating'' HARRIET TYCE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e__________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn their remarkable debut political thriller, Tom Watson, former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, and Imogen Robertson open the doors to The House, a place of ambition, hope, friendship . . . and betrayal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce allies, Labour MP Owen McKenna and Conservative Minister Philip Bickford now face each other across the House of Commons as bitter enemies. Then the reappearance of a figure from their past forces them to confront the choices that led to the tragic downfall of their former housemate, Jay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLate one night, Owen receives a visit from a lobbyist who promises to protect him from the consequences of his actions in exchange for one, small favour - or to have his reputation and career utterly destroyed if he re\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA prescient page-turner about secrets, lies, ruthless ambition and betrayal * Sarah Vaughan (author of Anatomy of a Scandal) *\u003cbr\u003eA rare view from the inside of the Machiavellian machinations for power ... Fascinating * Harriet Tyce (author of Blood Orange) *\u003cbr\u003eIntelligent and disturbing, both for its insights into the way politics works and for its glimpses of a post-virus future * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eThe depiction of the sacrifices and betrayals required by politics benefit from an insider's knowledge, and the plot driver of bullying allegations is topical and commendably unexpected * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe novel is good on Westminster's hinterland of wonks and wannabes, and what it's like to be the prey of a media feeding frenzy * The Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003ePolitics red in tooth and claw. Watson and Robertson capture, with scalpel precision, the neurotic allure of the Westminster power game * Luke Jennings (author of Killing Eve) *\u003cbr\u003eFew people know more about what goes on behind the political scenes than Watson, and it is all unveiled here, in a snappy, twisty page-turner * Holly Watt (author of To the Lions) *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47846393577815,"sku":"9780751578805","price":7.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780751578805.jpg?v=1710525538","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-house-9780751578805","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}