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Conquest’s

Conquests

Or Socio-Political Policy In Modern

Britain As A Game Of Two Halves

GJ Babb

KEY SELLING POINTS

A witty account of the world where Public Service collides with Political Aspiration, and unforeseen events
happen at a terrifying speed.
A fast moving novel in which fear of interference by Chinese interests looms large; where decisions based
on doubtful intelligence result in farcical and, sometimes, disastrous consequences.
Anovelaboutthelot of ModernMan,populated by menof influenceandambition… Alltoo humanmen
undermined by intrigue and duplicity.

Politics calls for men and women of experience - citizens of high repute and sound judgment. Vice-Chancellor
ProfessorCliffordConquestisaLabourpoliticianinthemakingwhohasheardthecall.

Conquestis invitedtobecomeanadvisoronthefutureofuniversityeducationtoLabourMPMarcusLancing.
Hesoonbegins tofearthatthosedefending thebastionsof Socialismarebeingdriventomadness by Think
Tanks, Specialist Advisors, Chief Future Officers, the Commentariat and the Battle of the Civilisations. The Tory
Government, he has no doubt, already has.
Onhiswaytoaparliamentaryseat,Conquestfindshimselfincreasinglyimmersedinaworldofpolitical
double-dealingbesetbytheindustryofbadconscience.Heskirtsscandalsaplenty,butheknowshowtoride
the zeitgeist, and surely his battle-hardened experience of universities, where revolting students, ideological
strife and bungled management are everyday hazards, has fully prepared him for political life?

GJBabb’s educationinformedthattheobservanteyeneedsanonymity;thattorecountthetalesof todaycalls
fora certaindetachment;to be thedisregardingwitnessstanding atthe turning of theroad, attheback of the
roomatapublicenquiry, inthestrangers’galleryoftheHouseofCommons.EarlierexploitsofProfessor
Clifford Conquest can be found in Nude, Not Naked (2020) and The Big Fumble (2022). Further biographical
information is available at gjbabb.com.

Comparative title: 9781800460645 Big Fumble (May 2022)

Publication Date: 28th October 2024 £8.99 ISBN: 9781836280170
Thema subject category: FBA – Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
paperback 198 x 129 mm 264 pp Portrait Author location: London
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