Description
Book SynopsisJames O'Brien is an award-winning writer and broadcaster whose journalism has appeared everywhere from the
TLS to the
Daily Mirror. His daily current affairs programme on LBC is the most popular talk show on commercial radio with over 1.4 million weekly listeners and his first book,
How To Be Right, was a
Sunday Times bestseller, which won the Parliamentary Book Award for Best Political Book by a non-politician. He is often to be found on Twitter trying not to get into arguments unless absolutely necessary.
Trade ReviewO’Brien is
an exceptional broadcaster with a peerless ability to calmly point out the absurdity of certain viewpoints, a quality which similarly runs through this book ...
provides a much-needed examination of the blustering rhetoric of politicians and media pundits, and brings a sliver of comfort to readers that they are not alone in their despair. -- The Guardian
O’Brien is
an exceptional broadcaster with a peerless ability to calmly point out the absurdity of certain viewpoints, a quality which similarly runs through this book ...
provides a much-needed examination of the blustering rhetoric of politicians and media pundits, and brings a sliver of comfort to readers that they are not alone in their despair. -- The Guardian
James O’Brien has become
the conscience of liberal Britain * New Statesman *
Almost
indecently enjoyable -- Robert Webb
I know few broadcasters as consistently, forensically, brilliant as James O’ Brien. Here, he shows us -- with empathy, edge and exquisite comedy -- how it happens -- Emily Maitlis
In the age of the tweet, such verbal ability increasingly seems like a superpower * The Times *
A simply brilliant read ... I love this book! -- Jamie Oliver
A total joy. If you feel like the world is going to hell in a handcart, here's the brakes -- Caitlin Moran
This book is
required reading to slice through the rhetoric, slogans & bluster of politics and politicians.
James is the broadcaster we need right now, setting the world to rights one call at a time -- Susanna Reid
Funny, clever and alarming ... a modern day travelogue through the airwaves with all the mistrust, misinformation, contradictions and manipulation laid bare -- Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Intelligent, funny and worrying. An unsurprisingly brilliant read from a great broadcaster. I vehemently wish that everyone would read it. The World and this country would be a better place if they did. -- Gary Lineker
Funny, wise and passionate. Like Yoda with better grammar. -- Danny Wallace
I am stupidly excited about this book -- The Secret Barrister
This book made me smarter. And it made me laugh and nod my head, all the while thinking ‘bloody hell, I wish I could argue like James’.
Cogent, necessary, insightful and often very funny. -- Elizabeth Day
