{"product_id":"speakers-wife-pb-w9","title":"The Speaker's Wife: B Format [2016] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Rev Tom Ross's quiet and semi-alcoholic life as chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons is about to be shattered. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePastor Petroc Stone of a central London, evangelical church gives sanctuary to a young man being chased by the police for making an anti-Islamic protest. Politicians rage about the Church of England giving a safe haven to a dangerous criminal and Islamists surround the church building, furious at the boy's insult.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, the charismatic, white-maned Don of Doubt, Augustus Dymock, and his secular campaign, the Thought Foundation, are pressuring the Church to sell hundreds of its under-used places of worship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the stories twist and flow together, Ross finds himself caught up in a world of bribes, violence and political spin and, at high personal cost, he must confront his demons. \u003ci\u003eThe Speaker's Wife \u003c\/i\u003emixes Westminster intrigue with searching depictions of an England which has neglected its beliefs. Laugh-aloud satire is mixed with moving passages about the human condition and even a fairytale love story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Letts, Quentin","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42324022624441,"sku":"9781472122018","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/letts-quentin-the-speaker-s-wife-b-format-2016-paperback-9781472122018-60313148195155.jpg?v=1733466907","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/speakers-wife-pb-w9","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}