The Devil's Tune

The Devil's Tune

Front Cover
Author	Iain Duncan Smith
Country	England
Language	English
Genre	Thriller
Publisher	Robson Books (a division of Anova Books)
Publication date	November 6, 2003
Media type	Print (Hardback)

The Devil's Tune is a novel by British Conservative Party politician Iain Duncan Smith, published in November 2003.

The book is notable for its uniformly negative reception, such that, as of May 2019, a paperback edition was never published.^[1]

Literary significance and criticism[]

• "And I honestly wish I didn't have to say this, because it feels like kicking a man when he is down... but, really, it's terrible. Human sympathy strains in one direction; critical judgment the other. Terrible, terrible, terrible."

Sam Leith, Daily Telegraph^[2]

• "The Devil's Tune by Iain Duncan Smith is scarcely the greatest literature of all time but as a thriller and easy read it will while away a plane journey (or, at 400-plus pages, a couple of plane journeys) perfectly pleasantly...the dialogue is severely cliché-ridden but people do have a habit of talking in clichés."

Ann Widdecombe, Conservative politician and novelist^[2]

• "It's not exactly Tolstoy, is it?"

Edwina Currie, Conservative politician and novelist^[2]

• "IDS has as much chance of doing a Winston Churchill as Rapper Tony Benn has of going quadruple platinum."

John Sutherland, Northcliffe Professor of English Literature, University College London^[2]

References[]

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