Strange Days Indeed: The Golden Age of Paranoia

Francis Wheen is an author and journalist who was named Columnist of the Year for his contributions to the Guardian. He a regular contributor to Private Eye and is the author of several books, including a highly acclaimed biography of Karl Marx which has been translated into twenty languages and the bestselling How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World. He recently wrote the screen play for The Lavender List, a biopic on Harold Wilson\'s last days in government. His collected journalism, Hoo-Hahs and Passing Frenzies, won the George Orwell prize in 2003.

Priase for ‘Mumbo Jumbo’: -

‘A brilliant, eccentric book.'Observer -

‘Wheen has a Swiftian relish for exposing the cant that attends the 'new rationality’…bullshit's enema number one.'Tim Adams, Observer -

‘Hugely enjoyable…delightful reading.’Ferdinand Mount, Sunday Times -

‘Lightly and often hilariously told as it is, this book does make it clear that respect for truth and reason is retreating and mumbo-jumbo has a new confidence everywhere…This amusing, intelligent and elegantly argued book is as good a demonstration of the values it defends as could be imagined.’Philip Hensher, Spectator -

‘This book is a manifesto for rescuing the greatest philosophical movement of the past millennium. You have a choice: either read it or, pre-emptively shred your brain in anticipation of the coming darkness.'Independent on Sunday -

Named as a Book of the Year in the Guardian, Observer and Daily Telegraph. -