Time of Lies

In 2020 Britain elects its own Donald Trump... Bob Grant, former football hooligan, now the charismatic leader of the Britain’s Great party (slogan: Britain’s Great! End of!) has swept to power on a populist tide. With his itchy finger hovering over the nuclear trigger, Bob presides over a brave new Britain where armed drones fill the skies, ex-bankers and foreigners are vilified, and the Millwall football chant No one likes, we don t care has become an unofficial national anthem. Meanwhile, Bob's under-achieving, Guardian-reading brother Zack gets a tap on the shoulder from a shady Whitehall mandarin. A daring plot is afoot to defy the will of the people and unseat the increasingly unstable PM. Can Zack stop his brother before he launches a nuclear strike on Belgium? And just what is ACERBIC, Britain’s most closely-guarded military secret? A darkly comic political thriller, Time of Lies is also a terrifyingly believable portrait of an alternative Britain. It couldn’t happen here... could it? “A milestone in dystopian fiction. The first post-Truth, post-Brexit novel. We are destined to hear more of Douglas Board.” - Chris Mullin, author of A Very British Coup   “My book of the moment: Douglas Board is a truly talented satirist and has our Brexit era nailed." - Matthew d'Ancona, Guardian and Evening Standard columnist   “This post-Brexit satire has you laughing out loud whilst ruthlessly dissecting our troubled times. A funny, exciting and provocative summer read for anyone wanting to reflect on recent political upheavals.” - Wendy Alexander, former leader of the Scottish Labour Party