From Verbal: The Northern Ireland Literary Review: 'The subtitle, Letters of a would-be MP, is of the Ronseal school of thought. It does exactly what it says on the tin. The novel is in the form of a collection of letters, memos, emails and newspaper clippings. Each chapter has a paragraph or two of narration... but other than that Downey has restricted himself to a strict form and created a real challenge. Somehow he manages to tell a tale with a verve and effortless style that knocked my socks off....
I'm telling you right now, it's the funniest book I've read this year. And I read a lot.'