House of cards
by Michael Dobbs · first published 1989
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Francis Urquhart is willing to betray every secret he has his hands on to become Prime Minister. Mattie Storin, a political correspondent, faces a challenge when she stumbles on a web of intrigue and corruption. She is determined to reveal the truth, but she must risk everything to do so.
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Influence, Predictably Irrational, Fooled by Randomness, The Blank Slate, House of Cards, and Planar Microwave Engineering come to mind.
on “Ask HN: Great books you read in 2009?” ↗- Porterhouse Blue - House of Cards - Any of Spike Milligan's memoirs - The Diary of Samuel Pepys - A Dance to the Music of Time - Any of the Flashman novels - Any of the novels on this list: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20151204-the-100-greates...
on “The Great British Reading List” ↗