Number Ten
Registered by odysseymcfly on 12/20/2003
2 journalers for this copy...
Apparently a socio-political English humorist, this Sue Townsend. Haven't read yet; received from Amber @ HERE&NOW a few weeks ago.
Released on Thursday, March 18, 2004 at Here & Now Association (Cultural Center) Laudong. in Wien, Wien Austria.
i'm taking this to here & now this morning (thursday, march 18th, 2004). i will leave it there at the bookcrossing table.
i'm taking this to here & now this morning (thursday, march 18th, 2004). i will leave it there at the bookcrossing table.
Journal Entry 3 by Karschtl from Wien - irgendwo / Vienna - somewhere, Wien Austria on Thursday, March 18, 2004
Got it from Here&Now today.
from Amazon:
Prime Minister Edward Clare and his wife Adele Floret-Clare live at Number 10 Downing Street. PC Jack Sprat is the policeman who stands outside on the door. Five years ago, Edward Clare was voted into Number 10 after a landslide election result. But now, things are starting to go wrong. The love has gone. The people are turning. In short, it's a very real problem. Edward worries about this. All he wants is for the people of Clare's Britain to like him, and for them to be happy. He enlists the help of Jack Sprat and together they travel round the country incognito, ending up at Jack's childhood home. His mother Norma lives in Leicester, and her address is Number 10 too, but that's where the similarity ends...
from Amazon:
Prime Minister Edward Clare and his wife Adele Floret-Clare live at Number 10 Downing Street. PC Jack Sprat is the policeman who stands outside on the door. Five years ago, Edward Clare was voted into Number 10 after a landslide election result. But now, things are starting to go wrong. The love has gone. The people are turning. In short, it's a very real problem. Edward worries about this. All he wants is for the people of Clare's Britain to like him, and for them to be happy. He enlists the help of Jack Sprat and together they travel round the country incognito, ending up at Jack's childhood home. His mother Norma lives in Leicester, and her address is Number 10 too, but that's where the similarity ends...
Journal Entry 4 by Karschtl from Wien - irgendwo / Vienna - somewhere, Wien Austria on Friday, April 2, 2004
My Review:
This hilarously funny book gives an inside view into the mind of a British Prime Minister who dresses up like Marilyn Monroe and travels through Britain in an attempt to learn about the worries of 'his nation'.
It turns out that this Edward Clare is in fact utterly naive and also easily frightened to sort things out himself. It's always his companion Jack, kind of a bodyguard, who has to deal with any upcoming problems.
Finally Edward realizes that he may not be so suitable for the job he was elected for.
Given to Maria from Here&Now.
This hilarously funny book gives an inside view into the mind of a British Prime Minister who dresses up like Marilyn Monroe and travels through Britain in an attempt to learn about the worries of 'his nation'.
It turns out that this Edward Clare is in fact utterly naive and also easily frightened to sort things out himself. It's always his companion Jack, kind of a bodyguard, who has to deal with any upcoming problems.
Finally Edward realizes that he may not be so suitable for the job he was elected for.
Given to Maria from Here&Now.
