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Francis Wheen is an award-winning columnist for "The Guardian" in London, & the deputy editor of "Private Eye". (Bowker Author Biography)

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Nome canonico
Wheen, Francis
Nome legale
Wheen, Francis James Baird
Data di nascita
1957-01-22
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
UK
Istruzione
Royal Holloway, University of London
Attività lavorative
journalist
broadcaster
Relazioni
Jones, Julia (3) (partner)
Smith, Joan (1) (ex-wife)
Hitchens, Christopher (friend)
Breve biografia
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. [from www.harpercollins.co.uk]

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Stucchevole: in nessun'altro modo puo' essere definito questo libro, che narra vizi e virtu' di un uomo da tutti conosciuto eppure da tutti (al giorno d'oggi) ignorato. Assolutamente consigliato per tutti coloro che hanno un interesse anche minimo nei confronti della visione comunista
 
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