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'We have a softened Thatcherism in public life, combined with a pretence that 1980s values have been overthrown. It's having it both ways. It's living in sin': no one could deny that the Conservatives lost the culture war--just look at the hatred our novelists heap upon their ruthless, privatising Tory villains, even after all these years. And yet nobody is asking to have the pre-Thatcher world back

Authors :
Cohen, Nick
Source :
New Statesman. June 20, 2005, Vol. 134 Issue 4745, p34, 3 p.
Publication Year :
2005

Abstract

The nine novels of Christopher Brookmyre are worth reading even if slick comedy thrillers aren't to your taste. Eight were published after new Labour came to power, but for all [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13647431
Volume :
134
Issue :
4745
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
New Statesman
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
edsgcl.133947369