Conclave

Harris superlative skill at depicting power politics makes this an irresistibly gripping papal page-turner. * Sunday Times, BOOKS OF THE YEAR * Thriller of the year . . . with a plot so serpentine and sinuous that I could not bear to put it down. * Daily Mail BOOKS OF THE YEAR * I have been waiting for most of my life for Robert Harris to write a novel that is not gripping, insightful and entertaining. I am waiting still. His latest, Conclave, is superb. * The Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR * A real page-turner, with a great twist in the final pages. * The Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR * Finishing this splendid and intelligent story, as with all great fiction, brings an acute sense of loss. * The Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR * Robert Harris is incapable of writing a substandard novel. * Observer, BOOKS OF THE YEAR * Each Robert Harris thriller is different but of exemplary consistency. * Mirror BOOKS OF THE YEAR * Robert Harris is the master storyteller of our time . . . Beautifully constructed . . . its dramatically compelling, politically intelligent, beautifully paced and with a lovely twist in the tail . . . narrative doesnt come better than this. * Scotsman BOOKS OF THE YEAR * I am about to use a word I have never knowingly used in any review of any book ever. During my 25-odd years of writing about books I have done my best to avoid cliches, slipshod summaries, oracular pronouncements and indeed anything else that might appear emblazoned on a book jacket. Nonetheless, there is only one possible word to describe Robert Harriss new novel, and it is this: unputdownable * Guardian * A master of producing thrillers of ever-tightening suspense, full of insider analysis of political power and the treatment of momentous events . . . gripping . . . more than a crime novel, it is also a psychological and political thriller . . . Conclave is a triumphant addition to Harris acclaimed output * Sunday Times * Gripping . . . like an ecclesiastical version of House of Cards * The Times * Well-researched, intelligently observed and highly credible . . . Fast-moving and suspenseful, its elegantly written entertainment from a first-rate storyteller. * Mail on Sunday * Grips like a vice and manages to convey all the drama of an election without resorting to melodrama * Sunday Express * An electric read, like a shot of adrenalin to the heart . . . rollicking and literate . . . an insightful and witty thriller * Literary Review * Page-turning heaven * Independent *

Robert Harris is the author of fifteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave, Munich, The Second Sleep, V2 and Act of Oblivion. His work has been translated into forty languages and nine of his books have been adapted for cinema and television. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.