num_pages: 352
description: This deeply funny satire continues the story of Honest Angus McLintock an amateur politician who dares to do the tell the truth.Just when Daniel Addison thinks he can escape his job as a political aide Angus McLintock the no-hope candidate he helped into Parliament throws icy cold water over his plans. Angus has just brought down the government with a deciding vote. Now the crusty Scot wants Daniel to manage his next campaign.Soon Daniel is helping Angus fight an uphill battle against Flamethrower Fox a Conservative notorious for his dirty tactics. Together they decide to take The High Road andagainst all oddsturn the race into a nail-biter with hilarious ups and downs cookie-throwing seniors and even a Watergate-style break-in. But that's only the beginning. Add a political storm in the capital and a side-splitting visit from the U.S. President and his alcoholic wife and Terry Fallis's second novel is a wildly entertaining read full of deft political satire and laugh-out-loud comedy.
language: English
title: The High Road
publisher: Emblem Editions