The narrator of Robert Harris's gripping new novel is a professional ghostwriter - cynical, mercenary and with a nice line in deadpan humour. Accustomed to working with fading rock stars and minor celebrities, he jumps at the change to ghost the memoirs of Britain's former prime minister, especially as it means flying to the American resort of Mathan's Vineyard in the middle of winter and finishing the book in the seclusion of a luxurious house.

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