Tom Watson´s betrayal thriller - and other politicians who vent in fiction
(The Guardian Books Blog)

After quitting parliament over its `brutality´, Watson is co-writing thriller The House. Can we expect a tale about a deputy leader righting wrongs?Fresh from publishing his guide to weight loss, Downsizing, the former deputy leader of the Labour party, Tom Watson, is set to write a political thriller set in `a world where virtue is seen as a rare commodity`.Watson, who quit his position in November because of the `brutality and hostility` within Labour ranks, will co-write The House with historical novelist Imogen Robertson. Watson said it would `explore the themes that lubricate our political system: ambition and failure, trust and betrayal`, and introduce its readers to `heroes and villains engaged in a struggle for fame, power and revenge`. Related: What does Boris Johnson´s terrible novel Seventy-Two Virgins tell us about him? Continue reading...