On April 1st, The Coup was published in the United Kingdom by Old Street, and today we received our first review. Writing in Telegraph.co.uk, Susanna Yager says “With the American presidential primaries in full swing, The Coup, Jamie Malanowski’s satirical look behind the scenes at the White House, is timely. Vice-President Godwin Pope is fed up with the incompetence of President Mahone, the man who beat him to the nomination. As the President’s reputation sinks lower and lower in the polls, Godwin decides to take action.
“A successful businessman who made billions when he sold his software company, Godwin has all the skills required to get rid of Mahone, and the arrival on the scene of a beautiful, sexy reporter looking for a scoop is just what he needs to set his plan in motion. Malanowski’s sardonic humour produces some neat one-liners, and makes Pope’s masterly manipulation of his fellow politicians seem disturbingly believable.”
There you have it, British people–satirical, sardonic, disturbingly believable. After all the Shakespeare plays and Bond movies and costume dramas about the Tudors that I’ve supported, isn’t it time to send back a little love?