The Ghost

The Ghost
by Robert Harris

• Business area: politics/power
• Country: Britain/US
• Language level: difficult

A former British prime minister is offered $10 million for his memoirs and hires a ghostwriter to do the job. The result is a book-within-a-book that can also be read as an analysis of the use and abuse of power. Adam Lang is remarkably like Tony Blair. “You know, people get it all wrong. It isn’t having power that’s exhausting — it’s not having it that wears you out,” says Lang as he looks back at a career symbolized by armoured limousines, private jets and all the othersigns of authority. As one would expect from Robert Harris, who has written best-sellers such as Fatherland and Imperium, The Ghost is an exciting and balanced political thriller.

Hutchinson, ISBN 978-0-09-179625-9, €11,20.  www.sprachenshop.de