A Very British Coup
| Title | A Very British Coup |
| Year for Search | 1982 |
| Authors | Mullin, Chris[topher John](b. 1947) |
| Tertiary Authors | Mullin, Chris |
| Date Published | 1982 |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | The left wins an election, and the establishment works to overthrow it. A sequel is The Friends of Harry Perkins. London: Scribner, 2019 that is primarily a political novel set in the dystopia that Brexit has produced with a potential war between China and the U. S. in the background. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. London: Corgi, 1988; and London: Politicos, 2001. |
| Info Notes | The novel was the basis of two television series. The first was directed by Mick Jackson (b. 1943) with a screenplay by Alan Plater (1935-2010) and broadcast on the U.K. channel 4 in 1988 as A Very British Coup. The second was directed by Ed Fraiman and written by Robert Jones and broadcast on channel 4 in 2012 as Secret State. |
| Holding Institutions | MoU-St |
| Author Note | (b. 1947) |
| Full Text | 1982 Mullin, Chris[topher John] (b. 1947). A Very British Coup. London: Hodder and Stoughton. Rpt. London: Corgi, 1988; and London: Politicos, 2001. The novel was the basis of two television series. The first was directed by Mick Jackson (b. 1943) with a screenplay by Alan Plater (1935-2010) and broadcast on the U.K. channel 4 in 1988 as A Very British Coup. The second was directed by Ed Fraiman and written by Robert Jones and broadcast on channel 4 in 2012 as Secret State. MoU-St Dystopia in which the left wins an election, and the establishment works to overthrow it. A sequel is The Friends of Harry Perkins. London: Scribner, 2019 that is primarily a political novel set in the dystopia that Brexit has produced with a potential war between China and the U. S. in the background. |
