- Hardcover: 512 pages
- Publisher: Ebury Press; First Edition edition (4 Mar 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0091905060
- ISBN-13: 978-0091905064
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 4.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 205,752 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"'I have great stories to tell, secrets to reveal, friends to salute, and bodies to bury. It should be, rather like my editing career, a lot of fun. Unless your name's Jeremy Clarkson or Ian Hislop, I guess.' Piers Morgan"
Peter Oborne, Spectator
"Piers Morgan’s ghastly diaries will be the epitaph of this government...a book of historic importance"
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very readable,
By John E. Davidson (Purley) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Insider: The Private Diaries of a Scandalous Decade (Paperback)
Piers Morgan is undoubtedly smug and I have always found him rather irritating. However, this is an entertaining book and even though I was quite prejudiced against him, I found him surprisingly difficult to dislike.The book is written in a diary format giving his perspective on the events of the last ten years (covering his time as editor of the News of the World and the Daily Mirror). It covers are Princess Diana's relationship with the media and her death; the war with Iraq (and the Mirror's strongly anti-war stance); New Labour and his relationship with Tony & Cherie Blair, Peter Mandelson and Alastair Campbell; his troubles with share dealing; his dealings with Rupert Murdoch, Kelvin McKenzie, Naomi Campbell, Jeremy Clarkson and other celebrities amongst many other topics. Clearly his diary has been extensively edited to make it more readable but I would guess he has also taken the opportunity to portray himself in the best possible light and to make him appear almost prescient (he gives the impression that he has understood the full implications of important events almost instantly) while throwing in the odd, half-hearted attempt at self-deprecation in an attempt to make him appear more human and more likeable. However, despite my reservations the book works; it is strangely addictive: once started it is very difficult to put down. It provides some interesting insight into events of the period together with some genuinely funny anecdotes.
45 of 50 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An insight into the world of journalism,
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This review is from: The Insider: The Private Diaries of a Scandalous Decade (Hardcover)
Prior to reading this book I had thought Piers Morgan to be very irritating, hard-faced and smug. I still think he can be smug, but rather than irritating and hard-faced,I found him to be very funny and ....human. He has a heart after all. I got angry for him when he was 'shafted' and I felt for him when he had to grovel. I loved reading about the devious goings on between staff of rival papers trying to 'scoop' each other, and about politicians, Royals, celebrities etc playing their manipulating games. I had always suspected such things went on, but Piers tells it like it is. This book opens your eyes and shows what people in the public eye are REALLY like. I laughed out loud many times at some of his tales. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. It was fun and I couldn't put it down. Thanks Piers for such an entertaining read, and I apologise for ever thinking badly of you.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining and interesting,
This review is from: The Insider: The Private Diaries of a Scandalous Decade (Paperback)
This volume of diaries covers ten years, starting in 1994. Piers Morgan, editor of the News of the World and then of the Mirror, gives us an insight into the often mucky world of British tabloid journalism, as well as providing a chronicle of this turbulent decade - which includes 9/11, the death of Princess Diana, the Iraq War, the rise of President Bush, the rise to power of Tony Blair's New Labour and the emergence of reality TV and the current rampant fascination with celebrities. Morgan writes straightforwardly, and there are plenty of laughs and eyebrow-raising moments. We meet, among many others, Paul Burrell, Jeremy Clarkson, Gordon Brown, Rupert Murdoch, Prince William, Cherie Blair and Mohammed Fayed, and there are lots of amusing and illuminating exchanges. Hence the four stars - this is an entertaining read. That said, Morgan, for all his occasional stabs at self-deprecation, comes across as a pretty smug character. He also has to be the most prescient man since Nostradamus; it's hard to believe there isn't a little 20/20 hindsight in operation here. And Morgan fails to mention the relationship that has defined his life in the last few years, despite frequent mentions of his family and even his village cricket team. Still, this is a very enjoyable insight into the culture of modern newspapers. Highly recommended to budding newshounds or addicts of current affairs.
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