The Devil's Tune (book)
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The Devil's Tune was a book by the Conservative Party politician Iain Duncan Smith, published in November 2003.
The book's publisher Robson Books described the novel as "an ingenious fast-paced thriller with an intriguing cast of characters reaching the highest level of office" when it was released.
The book is notable for its incredibly negative reception, such that a paperback edition was never published.
[edit] Reviews
- "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 dialogue is severely cliché-ridden"
- 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
