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