1. Literary significance and criticism

2. References

The Devil's Tune is a novel by British Conservative Party politician Iain Duncan Smith, published in November 2003.

The book is notable for its uniformly negative reception, such that, as of March 2013, a paperback edition was never published.^[1]

Literary significance and criticism

• "And I honestly wish I didn't have to say this, because it feels like kicking a man when he is down... but, really, it's terrible. Human sympathy strains in one direction; critical judgment the other. Terrible, terrible, terrible."

Sam Leith, Daily Telegraph^[2]

• "The Devil's Tune by Iain Duncan Smith is scarcely the greatest literature of all time but as a thriller and easy read it will while away a plane journey (or, at 400-plus pages, a couple of plane journeys) perfectly pleasantly...the dialogue is severely cliché-ridden but people do have a habit of talking in clichés."

Ann Widdecombe, Conservative politician and novelist^[2]

• "It's not exactly Tolstoy, is it?"

Edwina Currie, Conservative politician and novelist^[2]

• "IDS has as much chance of doing a Winston Churchill as Rapper Tony Benn has of going quadruple platinum."

John Sutherland, Northcliffe Professor of English Literature, University College London^[2]

References

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