Rowena Macdonald

eBook, ePUB

The Threat Level Remains Severe (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

House of Commons secretary Grace has been counting the tea breaks in the same dull job for a decade and feels she could do something better... if only she knew what.New recruit Brett is on a mission to shake up the dusty backrooms of power - and on a collision path with Grace. When Grace receives an email from an admirer, office life begins to look up... but amid the gothic gloom of Westminster, she begins to wonder who soulful, enigmatic Reuben Swift really is.

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Autor

Rowena Macdonald was born on the Isle of Wight, grew up in the West Midlands and now lives in East London. Her debut collection, Smoked Meat, was short-listed for the 2012 Edge Hill Prize. Her short stories have won various prizes and been published by Galley Beggar Press, Influx Press, Ambit, Unthank Books and Serpent's Tail, among others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pushkin Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781805334569
• Artikelnr.: 72738770

Rezensionen

'Sharp, funny, warm - and charmingly odd... If only all fiction emerging from Westminster could be this rewarding' The Guardian

'A funny, observational comedy... that takes a darker turn' Sunday Express

'A brilliantly observed examination of choices and consequences, of why we act as we do and of just how similar we all are' Litro Magazine

''Intriguing... an incredibly well-written debut novel' Closer Magazine

'Sharp and entertaining' Carys Bray, author of A Song For Issy Bradley

'A witty and well-observed contemporary drama' Good Housekeeping Magazine

'A quirky rom-com set in the House of Commons... this one gets my vote' Red Magazine, Best Summer Beach Books 2017

'A deftly

crafted and original novel by an author with a genuine flair for compelling storytelling' Wisconsin Bookwatch Magazine

'The Threat Level Remains Severe, shining a sly light into the mundane backrooms and office romances of the corridors of power, is a stylish, bleakly funny and sad, acutely observed contemporary drama' Shena Mackay, author of The Orchard on Fire

Praise for Rowena MacDonald

'Confident, funny and poignant. Macdonald's world draws the reader in irresistibly' Jane Rogers

'Deliciously erotic and hugely readable, with some wonderful moments of illumination' Maureen Freely

'Surely one of the most insightful, honest and reassuringly humane tales of the true workings of the Mother of Parliaments in all its shabby, slapdash and vainglorious reality' Robert Edric