The Insider by
Piers Morgan
pbk out November 05
(Ebury Press)
at £7.99
Almost everyone portrayed in this book is shallow, egocentric, malicious
or just plain mad. Unfortunately these are the same people who are
running the country. The meek shall inherit bugger all.
The Insider is a tabloid editor's take on modern Britain - but Max
Hastings broadsheet viewpoint on the subject was equally depressing, vis
a vis his own book Editor. Both tomes delineate media, showbiz and
political factions which are obsessed with petty slights and pointless
jealousies.
On the upside, there's an ironic moment where the Mirror newspaper
typed out a Booker prize-winning novel, put an unknown writer's name
on the manuscript and sent it to seventeen UK publishers. All of them
rejected it, including the publisher who had actually reprinted the book
nine times. Their explanation? `This one would be difficult to sell.'
This is the same publishing industry which told J K Rowling that there
was no market for wizard stories. Enough said.
The Insider by
Piers Morgan
