Hoo-Hahs and Passing Frenzies
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About the Book

'I'll read anything by Francis Wheen' Nick Hornby, Guardian Francis Wheen has established himself as one of the most brilliant and admired journalists writing in Britain today with his massively acclaimed biography of Karl Marx, his contributions to radio and TV and his outstanding commentary and analysis. This book brings together the best of his collected journalism from the Guardian, Observer and magazines such as Esquire and The Modern Review.Ranging from the follies of think-tanks to the future of swearing, the hypocrisy of New Labour to the madness of retired prime ministers, all via shady business deals and scabrous gossip, this is a book that none of Wheen's legion of admirers will want to miss.

About the Author :
Francis Wheen is a writer, broadcaster and journalist with a weekly column in the Guardian. His first book, The Soul of Discretion: Tom Driberg, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize. His second work, Karl Marx, was a bestseller and was nominated for the WH Smith Literary Award, the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Orwell Prize and the Silver Pen Award. From the reviews of Karl Marx: 'A magnificently lively, compulsively readable book' AN Wilson, Spectator 'Stunning... witty, subtle and beautifully written' Independent 'An unmitigated delight' Niall Ferguson, Mail on Sunday'A triumph' Financial Times

Review :
As well as being an acclaimed biographer of Karl Marx and the flamboyant Labour MP Tom Driberg, Francis Wheen has, in the 20 years since he began on the New Statesman, become one of our foremost journalistic commentators. His work usually combines erudition, wit, frivolity (note the book's title) and sheer bloody-mindedness in one always-readable package. Espionage is a recurring theme in Wheen's oeuvre, and few writers have better pinpointed the comedic contrast between the ruthless efficiency that spies like to associate with themselves and the bumbling incompetence that is more often the truth. This, then, is a selection of the best of that work from the last 10 years, drawn from the Guardian, the Observer, Esquire and Modern Review, and as such will recommend itself effortlessly to the many who avidly read Wheen's work.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781903809426
  • Publisher: Atlantic Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic Books
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • ISBN-10: 1903809428
  • Publisher Date: 11 Feb 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Width: 134 mm


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