[A] superb book… Thompson’s own experience in the media is brilliantly deployed throughout for insight… Thompson is a sharp and entertaining analyst of political language itself.
Steven Poole, Guardian
He writes restlessly and compellingly… [An] intricately but also urgently argued book.
John Lloyd, Financial Times
Thompson’s great virtue in this book is his steady and cool-headed historicism… Thompson is lucid, well read, level-headed and thoughtful. His range of reference is wide…He has a robust familiarity with the h ...
Sam Leith, Prospect
[A] superb book… Thompson’s own experience in the media is brilliantly deployed throughout for insight… Thompson is a sharp and entertaining analyst of political language itself.
Steven Poole, Guardian
He writes restlessly and compellingly… [An] intricately but also urgently argued book.
John Lloyd, Financial Times
Thompson’s great virtue in this book is his steady and cool-headed historicism… Thompson is lucid, well read, level-headed and thoughtful. His range of reference is wide…He has a robust familiarity with the h ...
Sam Leith, Prospect
[A] superb book… Thompson’s own experience in the media is brilliantly deployed throughout for insight… Thompson is a sharp and entertaining analyst of political language itself.
Steven Poole, Guardian
He writes restlessly and compellingly… [An] intricately but also urgently argued book.
John Lloyd, Financial Times
Thompson’s great virtue in this book is his steady and cool-headed historicism… Thompson is lucid, well read, level-headed and thoughtful. His range of reference is wide…He has a robust familiarity with the h ...