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At his funeral the bells of the church were rung
open rather than
half-muffled, as is usual for the dead. Kate Lockhart has come with
corporate leaders, ministers and intelligence chiefs to a beautiful
town in the Welsh Marches to mourn her soul mate, David Eyam, the
brightest government servant of his generation. All that remains of
Eyam are the burnt fragments of a man killed far from home in a
devastating explosion. But Eyam has left a devastating legacy and
certain members of the congregation on that bitterly cold March day are
desperate to suppress it. A group of locals come to feel the full
weight of the state's determination. Kate Lockhart, now a Mergers
and
Acquisitions lawyer from Manhattan but a former SIS officer in
Indonesia is equal to Eyams legacy. She becomes the focus of the
state's paranoiac power and leads the local resistance to it, with all
the cunning of her former trade, directed from beyond the grave by
Eyam. The state is no match for the genius of the dead.
"This is a sophisticated, engrossing and important political thriller." —Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post
“The Bell Ringers is a wonderful novel. I read it addictively and was sorry the minute it was over. It’s way too good to be called a thriller.” —Richard Ford, Pulitzer Prize winner
“The Bell Ringers is a
novel with a purpose from a man born to make mischief. Hell, I wish I’d
written it.” —John Lawton
“This is a rare book: a real page-turner with a profoundly important message. If you care about freedom, you must read it.” —John Humphrys
Orion Books ISBN: 0752874845 | READ REVIEWS | Interviews | Buy from Amazon.co.uk | Buy The Bell Ringers from Amazon.com Date of publication: August 6, 2009
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