Book Review #99
A Very English Scandal
by John Preston
This was the most entertaining non-fiction book on British skulduggery I've read since Ben Macintyre's "A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal." Both books had me laughing out loud while rolling my eyes in disbelief that what I was reading were true events, both shocking and hilarious, sometimes simultaneously. I look forward to seeing the film adaptation of "Scandal" with Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw, who appear to be perfectly cast as, respectively, Jeremy Thorpe, British MP and Leader of the Liberal Party, and Norman Scott, his former lover, the object of Thorpe's murder plot.
by John Preston
This was the most entertaining non-fiction book on British skulduggery I've read since Ben Macintyre's "A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal." Both books had me laughing out loud while rolling my eyes in disbelief that what I was reading were true events, both shocking and hilarious, sometimes simultaneously. I look forward to seeing the film adaptation of "Scandal" with Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw, who appear to be perfectly cast as, respectively, Jeremy Thorpe, British MP and Leader of the Liberal Party, and Norman Scott, his former lover, the object of Thorpe's murder plot.
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