- The Devil's Tune (novel)
The Devil's Tune is a novel by the Conservative Party politician
Iain Duncan Smith , published in November2003 .The book is notable for its uniformly negative reception, such that a
paperback edition was never published.Literary significance & criticism
*"And I honestly wish I didn't have to say this, because it feels like kicking a man when he is down... but, really, it's terrible. Human sympathy strains in one direction; critical judgment the other. Terrible, terrible, terrible." :
Sam Leith ,Daily Telegraph *"The Devil's Tune by Iain Duncan Smith is scarcely the greatest literature of all time but as a thriller and easy read it will while away a plane journey (or, at 400-plus pages, a couple of plane journeys) perfectly pleasantly...the dialogue is severely cliché-ridden but people do have a habit of talking in clichés." :
Ann Widdecombe , Conservative politician and sometime novelist*"It's not exactly Tolstoy, is it?":
Edwina Currie , Conservative politician and sometime novelist*"IDS has as much chance of doing a
Winston Churchill as RapperTony Benn has of going quadruple platinum" :John Sutherland, Northcliffe Professor ofEnglish Literature ,University College London External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3242959.stm "BBC review "I hate to kick a man when he's down, but..." A review of 'The Devil's Tune'.]
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