{"product_id":"9781526682727","title":"The Pentecost Papers","description":"Author: Mount, Ferdinand\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526682727\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Dec 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gloriously inventive, wonderfully entertaining, wickedly knowing . . . Read it and revel' \u003c\/b\u003eJOHN BANVILLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The unsung hero of his generation of novelists . . . Astute, funny and heartbreaking' \u003c\/b\u003eTANYA GOLD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCorruption, destruction, danger and murder- Welcome to the murky world of the super-rich. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTimothy 'Timbo' Smith, part-time healer and self-styled security analyst, travels down the \u003cb\u003edark canyons of global capitalism\u003c\/b\u003e, from short-selling scams in the City to the depleted rainforests of Brazil.\u003cbr\u003eHis accomplices in \u003cb\u003ethis irresistible safari through the late modern world\u003c\/b\u003e are two reformed alcoholics, the lovely and brilliant Lee 'Lethal' Thorold, and her husband Professor Luke Deverill, lecherous Oxford philosopher and caustic computer wizard. Their \u003cb\u003emisadventures \u003c\/b\u003eare followed at a bewildered distance by the played-out diplomatic correspondent Dickie Pentecost, who tags along mostly because Timbo is the only man who can cure his agonising back and is always one step behind \u003cb\u003ethe Machiavellian actions\u003c\/b\u003e of those who precede him.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of the searing satire,\u003ci\u003e Making Nice\u003c\/i\u003e, comes his \u003cb\u003emost entertaining, perceptive and unflinching novel yet\u003c\/b\u003e, lifting the veil on the\u003cb\u003e seedy realities of modern life\u003c\/b\u003e.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643233292446,"sku":"UBD-9781526682727","price":42.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526682727.jpg?v=1774484852","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526682727","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}