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Author: Francis Wheen
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Fourth Estate Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.250kg
ISBN: 9780007244287
ISBN 10: 0007244282
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 15 April 2010
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
'Wheen's trademark blend of voluminous knowledge, ready wit and old-Lefty passion make him a tour guide as eye-opening as companionable.' Anthony Holden, Daily Telegraph 'There is no one like Wheen for reminding people who need to be reminded of how stupid they have been...this book is funny, mordant, unforgiving, intelligent and - I think - true' David Aronovitch, The Times 'Wheen couldn't write a dull book if he tried...And while not even he could make the 1970s likeable, few could make the crimes, follies and misfortunes of that wretched decade so entertaining.' Sunday Times
'Wheen's trademark blend of voluminous knowledge, ready wit and old-Lefty passion make him a tour guide as eye-opening as companionable.' Anthony Holden, Daily Telegraph 'There is no one like Wheen for reminding people who need to be reminded of how stupid they have been!this book is funny, mordant, unforgiving, intelligent and -- I think -- true' David Aronovitch, The Times 'Wheen couldn't write a dull book if he tried!And while not even he could make the 1970s likeable, few could make the crimes, follies and misfortunes of that wretched decade so entertaining.' Sunday Times
‘Wheen’s trademark blend of voluminous knowledge, ready wit and old-Lefty passion make him a tour guide as eye-opening as companionable.’ Anthony Holden, Daily Telegraph ‘There is no one like Wheen for reminding people who need to be reminded of how stupid they have been…this book is funny, mordant, unforgiving, intelligent and – I think – true’ David Aronovitch, The Times ‘Wheen couldn’t write a dull book if he tried…And while not even he could make the 1970s likeable, few could make the crimes, follies and misfortunes of that wretched decade so entertaining.’ Sunday Times
'Wheen's trademark blend of voluminous knowledge, ready wit and old-Lefty passion make him a tour guide as eye-opening as companionable.' Anthony Holden, Daily Telegraph 'There is no one like Wheen for reminding people who need to be reminded of how stupid they have been!this book is funny, mordant, unforgiving, intelligent and -- I think -- true' David Aronovitch, The Times 'Wheen couldn't write a dull book if he tried!And while not even he could make the 1970s likeable, few could make the crimes, follies and misfortunes of that wretched decade so entertaining.' Sunday Times Praise for 'Mumbo Jumbo': 'A brilliant, eccentric book.' Observer 'Wheen has a Swiftian relish for exposing the cant that attends the new rationality !bullshit's enemy number one.' Tim Adams, Observer 'Hugely enjoyable!delightful reading.' Ferdinand Mount, Sunday Times
Author Information
Francis Wheen is a prolific freelance journalist and broadcaster, and has worked for the New Statesman, Independent, Mirror, Gay News, Today, New Socialist and Tatler. Having presented News-Stand on BBC Radio 4 for a number of years, Francis has appeared often on ITV’s What the Papers Say and more recently on BBC2’s Have I Got News For You. He is now the writer of Wheen’s World a regular column appearing in the Guardian – for which he was voted Columnist of the Year. His previous books include The Sixties (1982), Television (1985), The Battle for London (1985), Tom Driberg (1990) which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Biography Award, and the bestselling How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered the World (2004). Karl Marx was published by Fourth Estate in 2000 and was shortlisted for numerous awards including the WH Smith Literary Award; the Samuel Johnson Prize; the Orwell Prize; the Silver Pen Award; and the Marsh Award. Francis Wheen lives in Essex.
