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A toxic atmosphere: Slough House, by Mick Herron, reviewed

6 February 2021

9:00 AM

6 February 2021

9:00 AM

Slough House Mick Herron

John Murray, pp.320, 14.99

Mick Herron has been called ‘the John le Carré of his generation’ by the crime writer Val McDermid, and in the 11 years since the first of his ‘Slough House’ novels appeared they have become a best-selling phenomenon. Herron echoes le Carré’s horror at Brexit, which in this latest instalment is only referred to as ‘You-Know-What’.

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