Macmillan Graded Reader Upper Intermediate: The Ghost Book with CD

Published 2005.

A carefully graded series of retold versions of popular classic and contemporary titles and specially written stories continue to grow and there are now over 170 titles in the series. Most titles are available with Audio CDs and most include accompanying exercises and glossaries.

When British Prime Minister Adam Lang's ghost writer, Michael McAra, dies in mysterious circumstances, a new writer is brought in to write Lang's autobiography. But it soon becomes clear that Lang and his wife Ruth are a much more complicated couple than they first appear. The Ghost is a powerful commentary on the policies employed by the British government in the 'War on Terror'.