The Pentecost Papers

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The Pentecost Papers is gloriously inventive, wonderfully entertaining, wickedly knowing and simply an all-round treat. Ferdinand Mount's literary powers are undimming. Read it and revel -- JOHN BANVILLE, Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea Ferdinand Mount is the unsung hero of his generation of novelists. He casts a wry eye over the cruelties and absurdities of the modern super rich. Astute, funny and heartbreaking -- TANYA GOLD Another sharp satire - this time on the ultra-rich - as well as another exuberant caper ... there's wit, drama and intrigue in abundance here, and the dis-parate plot strands are woven together to constitute a satisfying conclusion ... A hugely enjoyable comedy of manners * The Telegraph * Mount always has a twinkle in his eye ... Shamelessly fun * Literary Review * The rompy plot plays out as an unlikely spy caper buoyed by wry diction and wicked glee * Mail on Sunday * Combines the thriller, the children's book and the comic novel ... Ferdinand Mount writes with lush intensity ... and the novel is dotted with witticisms and wry comments. Moreover the ecologically conscious message is both necessary and vital * Times Literary Supplement * His comedy lies in the neat clip of his sentences, the creation of dialogue which is both off-puttingly direct and consistently confusing, his pleasure in language (there is a bank called Keillor Garrison) and his allowing his outlandish plots to become more and more farcical ... I was reminded at times of Graham Greene's The Ministry of Fear, while his own tall stories, Timbo tells Dickie, are inspired by John le Carre and sci-fi. This is a book to return to. Not only does Mount understand everything about the mess we have got ourselves into, but he explains it all in perfect prose * The Oldie * Offers the good old-fashioned pleasures of prose and plot. Its madcap antics and Waughian wit and wordplay are a joy * Spectator *