Ascent: A Novel by Jed Mercurio (First Edition: 2007, Hardcover)

  

  

 

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Ascent: A Novel by Jed Mercurio

First Edition: 2007, Hardcover

EAN: 9780743298223

ISBN: 0743298225


Book Overview

From "a master of precision" (The Observer, London) comes an explosive, provocative novel about John F. Kennedy's years in the White house: his political daring, his brave dedication to human rights, his devotion to his family-and his uncontrollable and unrelenting appetite for sexual adventure.

• Taut, magnificent prose: Mercurio's premise-to chronicle Kennedy's exploits, political and sexual, through the President's own anguished but self-centered perspective-is bold to the point of hubris, but he succeeds in spades. The writing is elegant, spare, and wry; the narrative is exquisitely paced. The book's ending is emotionally shattering- empathetic, redemptive, and shocking.

• Startlingly revisionist portrait of JFK: We see Kennedy at his best, as a visionary statesman, a former soldier turned moral pacifist, a loving parent and devoted husband. And we see him at his worst, as a compulsive philanderer whose countless conquests-of movie stars, socialites, secretaries, and interns-ruined hundreds of lives.

• Amazing cast of characters: They are all here: Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson, Judith Campbell, LBJ, Fiddle and Faddle, Eisenhower, and perhaps most memorably, Jacqueline Kennedy.


About the Author

Jed Mercurio's most recent television series Bodyguard and Line of Duty have broken UK viewing records. Other credits include Bodies, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Critical, Strike Back, The Grimleys and Cardiac Arrest. He is the author of three novels, Bodies, Ascent and American Adulterer. Jed is a former hospital physician and Royal Air Force officer, having originally planned to specialise in aviation medicine.





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