The Thick of It: The Missing DoSAC Files
The spin-doctor bible for anyone who's survived a media unit.
If Yes Minister is the polite version, The Thick of It is what actually happens after the cameras leave. This companion to Armando Iannucci's savage satire collects the leaked memos, briefings and barely-contained chaos of a fictional government department, and anyone who has worked within shouting distance of a ministerial office will recognise every panicked email. It is sharper and far ruder than its predecessors — a gift best given to someone with a strong stomach and a sense of humour about the machine. For the media adviser, the departmental lifer, or the political junkie who quotes Malcolm Tucker at dinner, it is a fast, filthy, brilliant read. Canberra doesn't have a Malcolm — probably — but it certainly knows the type.
- The riotous tie-in to Armando Iannucci's political satire
- Leaked memos, spin and chaos from a fictional department
- Painfully familiar to anyone near a ministerial office
- A quick, savage read for the politically scarred