The Devil's Tune (novel)

The Devil's Tune (novel)

The Devil's Tune is a novel by the Conservative Party politician Iain Duncan Smith, published in November 2003.

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 Rapper Tony Benn has of going quadruple platinum" :John Sutherland, Northcliffe Professor of English 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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