Fiction

Coming in early 2008

Tom Ladislaw
'A Fine State'

Roman à clef and cautionary tale, Tom Ladislaw's new novel is set in a European country which, if it did not exist, would have to be invented. When British-educated Gabriel falls for Eva, a fascinating but naive young journalist from northern Europe, he has a choice: abandon his oppressive, terror-torn homeland, or emigrate to her country, generally recognised around the world as an exemplar of social justice. Choosing emigration, he quickly discovers a new and baffling discourse. Disentangling spin from reality is easy enough, even hilarious, but in social nirvanas people can still find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. Will the much-vaunted justice system protect him? Or will he be pitched into a waking nightmare of double-think, arrogance, incompetence, complacency and intrigue?

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