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During the 1980’s Jack Kelly was a celebrity broadcaster and successful novelist. Terrestrial television was enjoying its heyday and TV presenters started to receive the status of A-Lister celebrities. Jack’s life in the public eye allowed him a privileged position only a few experienced. He had access to select places and stars around the world, with an adoring army of fans.
Several decades later, while preparing for a new show in the USA, Jack receives a phone call from his secretary. A story about Jack has emerged on social media which has gone viral. It has details of his relationship with a young woman, Marian Davies, 30 years previously.
He is more than ready to dismiss the warning at first, but the pressing urgency in his secretary’s voice leads him to stop in his tracks. He looks back over the many decades, since he last saw Marian. Back to a time before social media, to a time when he controlled the narrative; people listened to him and he was trusted. But the Me Too movement has awakened painful memories for Marian, memories she has kept buried for decades. At a time of political unrest in Britain in the aftermath of Brexit, is Jack Kelly in danger of exposure, just as a great career move to America is on the cards?
Several decades later, while preparing for a new show in the USA, Jack receives a phone call from his secretary. A story about Jack has emerged on social media which has gone viral. It has details of his relationship with a young woman, Marian Davies, 30 years previously.
He is more than ready to dismiss the warning at first, but the pressing urgency in his secretary’s voice leads him to stop in his tracks. He looks back over the many decades, since he last saw Marian. Back to a time before social media, to a time when he controlled the narrative; people listened to him and he was trusted. But the Me Too movement has awakened painful memories for Marian, memories she has kept buried for decades. At a time of political unrest in Britain in the aftermath of Brexit, is Jack Kelly in danger of exposure, just as a great career move to America is on the cards?
Abuse of power and the rise of social media take centre stage in this classic political thriller with a unique modern twist.
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Richard Ramsay
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April 19, 2020
I recommend this book for its many layers and depth. It shows how the interaction between a powerful man and a naive young woman can change them for good. Art, love and politics as seen in the 1980's, before the world of social media. It tells the tale of a highly successful man and his influence as he amuses himself before the unsuspecting nation. He works away in his editor's room manipulating the talking heads from his interviews, casting a spell over Marian. The trad-wife who willingly, yet unknowingly, is used in order to satisfy his need. Reviewed by Richard.
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