The Devil's Tune
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| Author | Iain Duncan Smith |
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| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Robson Books (a division of Anova Books) |
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Publication date
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November 6, 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
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, as of March 2013, a paperback edition was never published.[1]
Literary significance and 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."
- "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 novelist[2]
- "It's not exactly Tolstoy, is it?"
- Edwina Currie, Conservative politician and novelist[2]
- "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[2]
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