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Backbench MP Tom Goodfellowe is caught up in the search for the new Dalai Lama in this highly original and compelling thriller from the author of GOODFELLOWE MP and HOUSE OF CARDS - now reissued in new cover style. Tom Goodfellowe is the unlikeliest of political heroes. An MP whose career has already been consigned to the scrapheap of history, with a private life that staggers between confusion and chaos... And it's all about to get worse. A new Dalai Lama is born. The infant god-king of show more Tibet. And around the child explodes an international conspiracy that will carve a trail of death from the slopes of Mount Everest right to the heart of London's Chinatown. Goodfellowe becomes drawn into a murderous race against time and against sinister sources within his own government. On the outcome will hang the fate of one of the world's great religions - and Goodfellowe's turbulent personal life. Because someone, someone very close, is betraying him at every turn. show lessTags
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Not as pacy as other novels by Dobbs, and the torture scenes a bit too graphic for me, but an unusual mix of Westminster sculduggery and a spotlight on the oppression suffered by Tibet from the Chinese government. Thomas Goodfellowe is an interesting character, on his way down in his political career, bumbling through his private life, but a powerful and resourceful manipulator.
It is a long time since I have just read a series by an author but there is something about this series I like. It is an easy read. The hero wants to do the right thing even in the difficult world of politics. It discusses political corruption but allows for not everyone to be involved. It is funny in places.
Very entertaining story.
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Born in 1948 Michael Dobb was Chief of Staff and later Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. He has a doctorate in nuclear defense studies. Dobbs has also been Deputy Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, he presented the BBC TV current affairs program Despatch Box and was a columnist for The Mail on Sunday. Dobbs recently penned the hugely show more acclaimed theatre play, 'The Turning Point'. He is also the author of the Harry Jones Thrillers, Churchill Novels, and the Parliamentary Novels Series. The immensely popular Netflix series House of Cards is based on book 1 of the Parliamentary Novels by the same name. Michael became Lord Dobbs of Wylye in December 2010 after a long career in and around politics. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Buddha of Brewer Street
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