The Hounding of John Thomas

by Craig Brown

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John Thomas seemed the very model of a Conservative Cabinet Minister, but he is in fact the son of Lady Chatterley and her gamekeeper. Craig Brown's wild and witty first novel is a joyous satire on politics and pop, class and reputation.

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Craig Edward Moncrieff Brown is an English satirist and critic who is best known for his parodies in the British News Magazine, Private Eye. He attended Eton and Bristol University and became a freelance journalist in London. He was a columnist, sketchwriter, and restaurant critic for publications such as: The Tatler, The Spectator, The Times, and show more The Sunday Telegraph. He also writes comedy shows such as the television hit "Norman Ormal", and the radio show "This is Craig Brown". In 2018 he won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in the biography category for his biography of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret. His other title's include: The Lost Diaries, One on One, and The Tony Years. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
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823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
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PR6052 .R589413Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1961-2000

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