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 enlarge | Author: Andrew Neil
Publisher: Macmillan Audio Books
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1690185
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
ISBN: 0333722167
EAN: 9780333722169
ASIN: 0333722167
Publication Date: September 19, 1997
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 Too good to miss this May 1, 2008
F. Bruce (Oxfordshire, UK)
Borrowed this book when I was desperate for something - anything!- to read, only vaguely knowing who AN was. I don't usually read hard-backs (not comfy in bed!), prefer fiction, and am not intensely political - but I was hooked after the first few pages, couldn't put it down. In fact I've re-read it since and found it just as fascinating. In the end I really liked him, even if I don't necessarily agree with him. Definitely recommended.
 Smug thug March 31, 2008
William Podmore (London United Kingdom)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you want to find out a little of the truth about this Thatcherite thug, read Nick Davies' brilliant new books, Flat Earth News. Davies shows how Neil helped Rupert Murdoch to ruin the Sunday Times' reputation and destroy its deservedly respected Insight team. It's shocking that this ex-employee of the Conservative Party appears regularly on talk shows and is presented as if he were just an honest, impartial editor and journalist. I would advise the other reviewers here on Amazon always to read the other side of the story before pronouncing judgment; otherwise you are like a judge who passes sentence after hearing just the prosecution case.
Physically brave and charismatic December 11, 2001
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Mr Neil is not a traditional pin up. He says so himself here when he says he was not pretty enough to be an anchor man on American television. But physical good looks are not everything. Mr Neil has courage and this courage gives him amazing charisma. In this book he comes across as an intelligent man who knew his destiny was to lead a revolution against the wet chattering classes in London and to destroy unions so the country could move forward. He achieved both aims and it cost him dear. He lost his job at the Sunday Times and was in despair for a time. Reading between the lines Mr Neil says here he lost the plot for a while and sought solace in fast living. What a pity he did not have the love of a good woman at home to console him in these dark days when he was gossiped about as an old has been. He cleaned up his act. He fought back and got a show on the BBC and then he took charge of newspapers in Scotland. He amazed everyone by bouncing back like this. We have not heard the last of this amazing man. This is an inspiring book. It shows how good looks are not everything.
Surprisingly good October 7, 2001
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
... I confess I had not cared greatly for Mr. Neil. As a member of the liberal chattering class who he purports to dispise I expected him to reveal right wing views here in his book. Not a bit of it! He shows he has a soft and warm nature beneath the somewhat chippy exterior. He says he had to sack many people when he took the helm of the Sunday Times because they were "past their sell by date."However such action gave him no pleasure and often he seemed genuinely upset to consign loyal staff of mature years to the dustbin of employment. He was never the unabashed cheerleader for Mrs. Thatcher I had feared. He respected much of what she did but also felt obliged to rail against some of her excesses. Also, contrary to what I thought previously, he was not a poodle of Mr. Murdoch but a fiercely independent editor. Since being dispatched by Mr. Murdoch Mr. Neil has become a celebrity on television. He can turn his hand expertly to anything, chat shows, quizes, current affairs. Until I read this book I could not understand why he was so popular. Now I do. He has a first rate brain and has battled to the top despite not being blessed with traditional good looks. He is an inspiration and I take off my hat to him!
Impressive June 9, 2001
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a longstanding reader of the Scotsman I have been unsettled by the changes which Mr. Neil has made to the newspaper. But unlike many of my friends I was not prepared to condemn Mr. Neil as a self-hating Scot so I took out his book from my local library. I am glad that I did! He is an extremely clever and ingenious man, who showed great courage when the Sunday Times was under siege from the unions at Wapping. He also has enormous vision. Having read his book I have decided not to cancel my subscription to the Scotsman.
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