The Polyester Book of (Bad) Taste
A deep dive into the joy and power of personal pleasures, quirks, obsessions and bad taste, from zine royalty, Ione Gamble.
A deep dive into the joy and power of personal pleasures, quirks, obsessions and bad taste, from zine royalty, Ione Gamble.
Winner of the André Simon Food Book Award
Shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason Food Book Award
‘Extraordinary’ TELEGRAPH ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Delightful’ GUARDIAN
‘Bee Wilson is one of my favourite writers and this may be her best book’ CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN
‘Brilliant and discursive’ Antonia Fraser, Sunday Times
‘Hughes-Hallett’s exemplary reappraisal … throws a searching light on two thousand years of male erotic fantasy’ Joan Smith, New Statesman
Winner of the FAWCETT PRIZE and EMILY TOTH AWARD
The inside story of the race to develop Ozempic – the world’s first truly effective and safe obesity drug – and its potentially revolutionary effects on public health, and our deeper culture and values.
‘A FASCINATING DEEP DIVE’ Guardian
‘VERY ENGAGING’ New Scientist
‘ENLIGHTENING’ Publishers Weekly
The best, the fastest, the hippest and the most unorthodox account ever published of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness and corruption.
The inside story of the race to develop Ozempic – the world’s first truly effective and safe obesity drug – and its potentially revolutionary effects on public health, and our deeper culture and values.
The inside story of the race to develop Ozempic – the world’s first truly effective and safe obesity drug – and its potentially revolutionary effects on public health, and our deeper culture and values.
The long-awaited memoir by Cameron Crowe—one of America’s most iconic journalists and filmmakers—revealing his formative years in rock and roll and bringing to life stories that shaped a generation, in the bestselling tradition of Patti Smith’s Just Kids.
The long-awaited memoir by Cameron Crowe—one of America’s most iconic journalists and filmmakers—revealing his formative years in rock and roll and bringing to life stories that shaped a generation, in the bestselling tradition of Patti Smith’s Just Kids. If you’ve seen Almost Famous, you may think you know this story, but you don’t.
The long-awaited memoir by Cameron Crowe—one of America’s most iconic journalists and filmmakers—revealing his formative years in rock and roll and bringing to life stories that shaped a generation, in the bestselling tradition of Patti Smith’s Just Kids. If you’ve seen Almost Famous, you may think you know this story, but you don’t.
The long-awaited memoir by Cameron Crowe—one of America’s most iconic journalists and filmmakers—revealing his formative years in rock and roll and bringing to life stories that shaped a generation, in the bestselling tradition of Patti Smith’s Just Kids. If you’ve seen Almost Famous, you may think you know this story, but you don’t.
The long-awaited memoir by Cameron Crowe—one of America’s most iconic journalists and filmmakers—revealing his formative years in rock and roll and bringing to life stories that shaped a generation, in the bestselling tradition of Patti Smith’s Just Kids. If you’ve seen Almost Famous, you may think you know this story, but you don’t.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
THE TIMES and SUNDAY TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2024 … ‘GENIUS’
A BOOK OF THE YEAR for theSPECTATOR, MAIL ON SUNDAY, NEW STATESMAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, INDEPENDENT, TELEGRAPH, SUNDAY EXPRESSand THE TABLET.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
THE TIMES and SUNDAY TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2024 … ‘GENIUS’
A BOOK OF THE YEAR for theSPECTATOR, MAIL ON SUNDAY, NEW STATESMAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, INDEPENDENT, TELEGRAPH, SUNDAY EXPRESSand THE TABLET.
Winner of the André Simon Food Book Award
Shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason Food Book Award
‘Extraordinary’ TELEGRAPH ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Delightful’ GUARDIAN
‘Bee Wilson is one of my favourite writers and this may be her best book’ CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN
‘Extraordinary’ TELEGRAPH ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Bee Wilson is one of my favourite writers and this may be her best book’ CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN
This strikingly original account from award-winning food writer Bee Wilson charts how everyday objects take on deeply personal meanings in all our lives.