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Runners (Hardcover)
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In Runners John Fraser delivers, in his unique, distinct voice, the
story of a kind of redemption - even a kind of utopia - or as much
of a utopia as we can possibly expect, given what we know about
most of our political leaders ... An unelected leader buys the
office of deputy mayor. Although this 'boss' is a monster, he also
has a rare, enlightened side. Where other leaders cling to power,
he runs - but instead of running for office, he runs from office;
he and his friends become the Runners - the running dogs. Runners
is a contemporary remake of Machiavelli's Prince with a nod to
Gramsci's 'Modern Prince', the revolutionary party. It is a tale of
complicity between leaders, the nature of political friendships and
loyalties, the contradictions between leaders and electors, between
democratic rhetoric and practice, the leadership and the base - the
urban and feathered - the volatility, adaptability and motivations
of leaders, and of the pursuit of justice in the personal,
incongruous instance; the machismo of political culture. 'In
Fraser's fiction the reader rides as on a switchback or luge of
impetuous attention, with effects flashing by at virtuoso speeds.
The characters seem to be unwitting agents of chaos, however much
wise reflection Fraser bestows upon them; they move with shrugging
self-assurance through circumstances as richly detailed and as
without reliable compass-points as a Chinese scroll.' (John Fuller)
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