Brexit XXL by Vincent Pluchet - Book Tour
Brexit XXL by Vincent Pluchet
Summary:
Plunge into post-Brexit Britain and follow Prime Minister Tracy Meller in the biggest struggle she has ever faced, as the country is hit by a huge crisis and her opponents leave her no respite. Meet ordinary people caught up in the storm. Visit Chequers and historical places where the action takes place.
London, 2022 Tracy Meller, the UK’s Conservative Prime Minister, is facing an unprecedented crisis.
Having halted the endless negotiations to leave the European Union four years earlier, Prime Minister Meller chose the most uncompromising of all possible exits, a “Brexit XXL” with serious consequences. The economy is at a standstill, the financial markets are panicking. The opposition Labour Party launches an attack on the Prime Minister with a promise of a return to the European Union. The country’s morale is at rock bottom: everyone is afraid for their jobs and losing faith in the future. As for Scotland, its thoughts are increasingly turning back to independence. Prime Minister Meller herself is beginning to doubt the wisdom of her decision…
Will the UK survive this historic crisis? Brexit XXL is a work of fiction about the most risky Brexit scenario, based on a detailed analysis of British political culture. Both realistic and instructive, the plot of the novel has a particular resonance today, encouraging reflection on the sovereignty of nations and the future of the European project.
London, 2022 Tracy Meller, the UK’s Conservative Prime Minister, is facing an unprecedented crisis.
Having halted the endless negotiations to leave the European Union four years earlier, Prime Minister Meller chose the most uncompromising of all possible exits, a “Brexit XXL” with serious consequences. The economy is at a standstill, the financial markets are panicking. The opposition Labour Party launches an attack on the Prime Minister with a promise of a return to the European Union. The country’s morale is at rock bottom: everyone is afraid for their jobs and losing faith in the future. As for Scotland, its thoughts are increasingly turning back to independence. Prime Minister Meller herself is beginning to doubt the wisdom of her decision…
Will the UK survive this historic crisis? Brexit XXL is a work of fiction about the most risky Brexit scenario, based on a detailed analysis of British political culture. Both realistic and instructive, the plot of the novel has a particular resonance today, encouraging reflection on the sovereignty of nations and the future of the European project.
Information on the Book
Title: Brexit XXL
Author: Vincent Pluchet
Release Date: 19th August 2018
Genre: Political Fiction
Page Count: 212
Publisher: UK Book Publishing
Excerpt
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Philip Denniel, the
governor of the bank of England, invited to lunch at his mother-in-law’s house
for Christmas Eve of 2021, was slowly chewing a piece of the traditional
pudding.
“the pudding does not taste quite
like it normally does,” he finally observed.
“it’s the brandy,” replied his
mother-in-law. “the French brandy i always bought before is too expensive now.
I used a British apple brandy.”
Speechless, Denniel stared at his
mother-in-law. if even the Christmas pudding was affected by Brexit, what was
the country coming to?
Jane Farrow, though, lived in a
comfortable house in an affluent part of the city. it was true that this
elegant seventy-six-year-old lady had always been cautious with money,
especially since her husband’s death. but this level of austerity was
unprecedented.
the elderly lady excused herself to pop down to the ground floor.
Denniel finished his pudding with little enthusiasm, alone in the large dining
room with floral wallpaper. His wife and their two daughters, keen to do some
last-minute shopping, had made good their escape before pudding was served. big
ben, or rather the miniature replica on the mantelpiece, chimed two o’clock.
the governor, sunk in his thoughts, barely heard it. So this is what it had
come to. the mother-in-law of the governor of the bank of England, and probably
all the mothers-in-law across the country, were too hard up to buy imported
ingredients for their puddings.
“Would you like some more pudding?”
Denniel was roused from his brief distraction by the return of his hostess. He
declined politely, got up from the table, and went through into the first floor
sitting room next to the dining room. He liked thinking in this room, which was
lined with beautiful woodwork and red velvet curtains, well lit by several bay
windows, and beautifully decorated with a collection of Chinese ceramics and
silver ornaments. Several reproductions of works by Reynolds, Gainsborough and
Turner adorned the walls. the governor had a favourite spot, a leather armchair
near the fireplace, where he spent long hours smoking his pipe. but today he
was too pre-occupied to sit quietly. wanting to enjoy the sun that had just
come out, he went over to the main window and opened it. in from the quiet
London street came December air, chilly, invigorating, freshened by the rain
that had fallen that morning. what could be done to rescue his country from the
doldrums? Denniel had been asking himself the same question for two years,
without arriving at any conclusion. unemployment, companies failing,
devaluation, inflation... the country had been in recession since 2019.
Problems were being heaped upon problems. the governor was now dreading a still
darker prospect, a plunge into an even deeper crisis, which would shake the
country to its very foundations.
Looking down the street, he saw a
taxi passing too fast, splashing a passer-by. the driver stopped immediately,
got out, and could be heard apologising, offering to take the passer-by on to
his destination for free. the pedestrian accepted gracefully. “All is not
lost,” thought Denniel. “we still have a people of great character, able to
endure difficulties with phlegm and stoicism.”
He decided to go out for a walk, told
his mother-in-law on his way through the kitchen and went down to the ground
floor. Having put on his coat and a cap, he opened the front door. it was at
that moment that he was hit in the face by something congealed and sticky. A
piece of Christmas pudding. “go on, let them eat pudding! this disaster is all
your fault!” shouted the man who had thrown it. Denniel wanted to respond, but
the projectile thrower had already disappeared. returning to the house to clean
his face, he considered that perhaps the country was not so phlegmatic after
all... the incident did not prevent him from going on to have an uneventful
walk. On his return, an hour later, he noticed that his daughters and his wife
had not come back. He could not see his mother-in-law either; she had probably
gone out as well. He went back to the sitting room, put a log on the fire, lit
a pipe, settled down in the leather chair and turned on the television. He
decided to watch the last parliamentary debate of the year, which had taken
place two days earlier, and which he had not been able to see at the time. it
had been widely discussed in the press.
Author Information
A graduate of the London School of Economics and the French École Polytechnique, Vincent Pluchet has a passion for historical and political topics. He works as a consultant in Finance and Strategy in the Middle East, where he has been based since 2004. He was a CFO with a large financial institution for more than fifteen years. He is married with one daughter. Please check out https://brexitxxl.com.
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