Even the rubbish on the flyleaf isn’t rubbish. One of the astonishing things about Simon Gray’s new book is that the publishers’ claim that their author has ‘developed a new literary genre’ turns out to be accurate. This is the same blend of autobiography, anecdote and random reflection that made The Smoking Diaries a bestseller.
Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain
Things Can Only Get Bitter
The Unauthorised Autobiography
A Walk-On Part: Diaries 1994-1999
Back from the 1,000 Days at Number 11
The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex
WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy
The Alastair Campbell Diaries, Vol 2: Power and the People
Role Models
The Lost Diaries
Man with a Blue Scarf: On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud
Our squandered national treasure
The South Bank Show: Final Cut
Classic Crews: A Harry Crews Reader
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