Thank you Piers Morgan
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I have decided that it really is necessary that I write a review of this book. I came to the book curious and clueless as to the exact nature of it's content, but given that Piers Morgan has the Marmite effect on most of the people i know (you either love him or you hate him) I thought I should give it a go. I am so glad that I did. Piers' writing style which managed to capture the rush of a newsroom combined with salicious gossip and witty commentary on the news stories of the nineties made 'The Insider' a complete sleep-snatcher, literally, I couldn't put it down. On top of which I was completely entertained, sometimes I even laughed out loud or braced myself as I was taken on a ride through the scandalous exposés of Britain's best-loved/hated celebrities, MPs and royals.
What made the book even more readable was that you don't have to be clued up on who is who before you start reading it, Piers gives you a brief explanation of who everyone is, if not in the actual content of the book, then in the cast of characters included at the back, which is full of people from all walks of life, be it his family, his friends, his colleagues or people he met whilst schmoozing amongst London society. All of whom add to the tone and humour of the book.
It reinforced my belief that Piers Morgan is a good egg who has upset many people because of the nature of his job, after all - gossip sells papers. It amazes me at the number of people who were silly enough to confide in a newspaper editior in the first place. Here's a tip famous people; If you don't want your dirty laundry aired in a national newspaper, DON'T TRY AND WASH IT IN FRONT OF A JOURNALIST!
To summarise; the book is a really entertaining read, it's gossipy and indulgent and I can't wait to finish reading the next one!!
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Really enjoyable read
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Piers Morgan seems to have been able to look back on his time in newspapers pretty objectively and this book seems to be an honest and open account of his experience.
This is a great book, easy-to-read, full of gossip and full of laugh out loud moments.
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BRILLIANT
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A brilliant book by the greatest tabloid journalist of the past twenty years.
This is so hot that they should give ice cubes with every copy. Piers was brilliant on the Bizarre pop column, the best Editor since kelvin McKenzie and is fantastic as a TV pundit / celebrity.
This is the second best book I have read in a decade, only topped by Bushell Off The Box by Garry Johnson.
The warts and all look at Garry Bushell who worked for Piers at The Sun - and Bushell who HATES everyone and everything even praises Piers on the pages of that book.
So doesnt that prove that PIERS really is a op bloke. Hated by Cherie Blair and loved by Garry Bushell.
And that is why Piers is a massive hit with the general public - a genuis with the common touch.
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Read ALL about it!
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Wow, being a Clarkson fan I didn't think I would like Piers Morgan's book very much, but I had a long-haul flight to get through so I thought I would give it a go. And an excellent decision it proved.
Picking it up I worried that it would only be a superfluous collection of amusing anecdotes revolving around celebrities, which is fine for 1 page in a Mail on Sunday column but would almost certainly leave me reaching for the sickbag after more that half an hours reading, so to my sheer delight I was surprised to discover that there was so much more contained within this book. Fascinating and incredibly candid insights into the world of politics and media, and Morgan's personal relationships with the movers and shakers that really did surprise me. I was so gripped that this really was a book that I have to say was virtually unputdownable!
I laughed out loud reading Morgan's version of events in his feud with Clarkson, and reading between the lines I would say that, amazingly, he holds the higher moral ground than my favourite Times columnist!!
There are many, many other laugh out loud moments including this snippet from Stephen Fry "The new definition of "countryside" is the murder of Piers Morgan" - I'm not sure too many of the people shown up in this book would disagree with this sentiment.
All in a great book. Buy it.
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Informative, hilarious and well written
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Highly recommended book if you like the world of media and politics. Well written and easy to read.
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