{"product_id":"9781939140906","title":"The Leader","description":"'Brilliant study of neo-Nazi anti-Semitism ... Gillian Freeman is among the finest contemporary novelists.' - Brigid Brophy, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Undoubtedly the best of her novels ... an exact and finely observed account of the lunatic right-wing fringe in Britain. I recommend this very strongly.' - \u003ci\u003eOxford Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Gillian Freeman's perception of psychological and sociological drives is combined with an ability to communicate them in suspenseful entertainments.... The implications grip the imagination.' - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Horrifying reconstruction of how a new Hitler might arise.' - \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVincent Wright is a failure. Now in his mid-thirties, he's stuck in a dead-end job as a bank clerk and still lives with his mother. But he knows who is to blame for the shortcomings in his life: blacks, Jews, and immigrants, who are responsible for most of what's wrong with Britain today. After meeting a retired army officer who shares his passion for collecting Nazi paraphernalia, Vincent has a brilliant idea: the nation needs a new leader to rescue it from its decline - why not him? As he travels the country, giving speeches and using his charisma and oratorical gifts to recruit like-minded followers to his new Britain First party, we watch in horror while Vincent begins his terrifying and seemingly inexorable rise to power....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the recent surge in popularity of far-right political parties across Europe, Gillian Freeman's sixth novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Leader\u003c\/i\u003e (1965), remains as chillingly relevant today as when first published. This edition, the first in more than 40 years, includes a new introduction by Alwyn W. Turner. Freeman's classics \u003ci\u003eThe Liberty Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1955) and \u003ci\u003eThe Leather Boys\u003c\/i\u003e (1961) are also available from Valancourt Books.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valancourt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059884179696,"sku":"9781939140906","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939140906_p0.jpg?v=1763665936","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939140906","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}