Number Ten (novel)

Number Ten (novel)
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Author(s) Sue Townsend
Illustrator Sarah Gibb
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Penguin Books
Publication date 2002
Media type Print (Harback & Paperback
Pages 324 pp
ISBN 9780140279412
OCLC Number 52486255

Number Ten is a 2002 novel by Sue Townsend, about the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Edward Clare) attempting to take an incognito holiday with his bodyguard, Jack Sprat - in order to discover what the public truly thinks of him and his time in office - and the consequences that ensue for both men and their country. It is frequently satirical of then-Prime Minister Tony Blair, his family and his Cabinet.

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