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The Dying Light
Author: Henry Porter

One of the most important books of 2009. Henry Porter's new novel paints a chilling portrait of the police-state that the UK is about to become...|At his funeral the bells of the church were rung open rather than half-muffled, as is usual for the dead. Kate Lockhart has come with corporate leaders, ministers and intelligence chiefs to a beautifu... more »l town in the Welsh Marches to mourn her soul mate, David Eyam, the brightest government servant of his generation. All that remains of Eyam are the burnt fragments of a man killed far from home in a devastating explosion. But Eyam has left a devastating legacy and certain members of the congregation on that bitterly cold March day are desperate to suppress it. A group of locals come to feel the full weight of the state's determination. Kate Lockhart, now a Mergers and Acquisitions lawyer from Manhattan but a former SIS officer in Indonesia is equal to Eyam's legacy . She becomes the focus of the state's paranoiac power and leads the local resistance to it, with all the cunning of her former trade, directed from beyond the grave by Eyam. The state is no match for the genius of the dead.|'Major new thriller by the campaigning British journalist about today's Britain as a police state. Porter is adept at spinning a credible yarn and the book could well prove highly controversial' THE BOOKSELLER 'Former spook Kate Lockhart is enraged by the violent death of her old lover, David Eyam, head of British Intelligence. Even more chilling is the legacy he leaves behind which is set to spin the UK into a police state' -- Henry Sutton DAILY MIRROR 'In Henry Porter's exciting, timely and frightening story, a single brave, prescient individual eventually outwits megalomaniac officialdom. This book is primarily a can't-put-it-down , rattling good yarn but it's also a deadly serious and truly awful warning' -- Jessica Mann LITERARY REVIEW 'A daring, stylish and tensely paced thriller that brilliantly imagines the consequences for Joe Public should some of the government's suggested security proposals become law' METRO 'Worthwhile and gripping conspiracy thriller' MORNING STAR 'Henry Porter's latest conspiracy thriller is neatly designed, elegantly written and, politically, a little subversive' ...The theme and plot do, however, meet in one particularly satisfying set piece that demonstrates the value of having a good defence lawyer, one of the several moments that places The Dying Light among the higher ranks of its genre' -- Robert Murphy METRO 'For those who like political thrillers, this is one of the season's best: scary, informative and, alas, eminently believable' ECONOMIST 'He is widely recognised now as a real master of the literary espionage thriller, a true sucessor to le Carre' PRESS GAZETTE 'You'll love this brilliantly tense novel' - Five Stars HEAT 'If you're looking for a holiday read which will leave you gasping for breath then this one would take some beating' THE BOOKBAG 'The Dying Light bowls along at a cracking pace with more twists and turns than a street map of Venice' INDEPENDENT 'Porter rails against that very British apathy which has already allowed the state to pass all the legislation necessary to turn his dystopian nightmare into reality - the same apathy, ironically, which makes such nakedly polemical British novels so rare, and welcome' -- Jeremy Jehu DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A gripping and thought-provoking thriller' CHOICE 'In the Dying Light, he has created a fearsome vision of how existing legislation - particularly the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 - could be used by a paranoiac government intent on total control... a timely cautionary tale' NEW STATESMAN 'the book is a salutary warning of what happens when big business and politics end up in bed together. I'm sure some with think Porter to be paranoid. The rest of us will feel it's terrifyingly plausible' REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE.COM 'A tense, intelligent conspiracy thriller set in a horribly plausible fu...

ISBN-13: 9780753827963
ISBN-10: 0753827964
Publication Date: 3/4/2010
Pages: 528
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Publisher: Orion Publishing Ome
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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