Edgar Kellogg has always dreamed of being popular, and now that he's been offered the lucrative post of foreign correspondent in a Portugese backwater with a home-grown terrorist movement he thinks he has finally found his fame. But he soon uncovers a secret that could change his career and even his life... This timely new book from the popular author is a departure from his other works like }We Need To Talk About Kevin{, showing that Shriver is a hugely talented and versatile writer of the 21st century A scalpel sharp political satire from the Orange Prize winning writer of We Need to Talk about Kevin. ‘A superbly witty political satire’ THE TIMES