{"product_id":"the-pentecost-papers-ferdinand-mount-9781526682727","title":"The Pentecost Papers","description":"\u003cp\u003eTimothy 'Timbo' Smith, part-time healer and self-styled security analyst, travels down the dark canyons of global capitalism, from short-selling scams in the City to the depleted rainforests of Brazil. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis accomplices in this irresistible safari through the late modern world 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 misadventures are 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 the Machiavellian actions of those who precede him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders who loved the author's earlier stinging satire, \u003ci\u003eMaking Nice, \u003c\/i\u003ewill find this novel an even more telling takedown of the way we live now but pretend we don't. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the author: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Mount's storytelling is irresistible' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLITERARY REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of our finest prose stylists' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[Mount] exposes such cold truths with such warmth - I am in eternal awe of his writing, wherever I find it' \u003c\/b\u003eMARINA HYDE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ferdinand Mount\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526682729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526682727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Ferdinand Mount","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46618235306239,"sku":"9781526682727","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cadd2235-2586-4d68-bbf6-9d92daf80d5f.jpg?v=1740069534","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-pentecost-papers-ferdinand-mount-9781526682727","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}