Not In My Name: A Compendium Of Modern Hypocrisy is published in paperback this week. Here are some of the reviews from when it was published in hardback last summer:

notinmynamepb8‘A spirited attack’ – Nick Cohen, The Observer

‘Waspish and witty’ – Daily Mail

‘Privileged celebs get a vicious tongue-lashing’ – The Sun

‘Absolutely brilliant – this is a fabulous, clear-eyed book that will frequently make you laugh out loud’ – Jewish Chronicle

‘Burchill and Newkey-Burden are spot on’ – Gay Times

‘They write like Old Testament prophets’ – Church Times

‘At their entertaining best they skewer the worst sort of leftist poseurs’ – Arena

‘A majestic piece of work’ – Sunday Mercury

‘Piercing intelligence’ – Royal Borough Observer

‘Enjoyable…everything from anal sex to Israel and Amy Winehouse”‘ – Australian Literary Review

‘A feverish anthology’ – Word magazine

I was particularly pleased with the Jewish Chronicle review, and its praise for my Israel essay: ‘Where has Newkey-Burden been all my life? He’s every bit as entertaining as Burchill. His essay on Israel haters made me ache with gratitude. I had tears streaming down my face as I turned the pages. Because he’s right, of course.’

You can read that review in full here.

6 Responses to “Because he’s right, of course”

  1. Zedy says:

    speaking of hypocrisy…
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/30/newspapers-pressandpublishing?commentpage=1&commentposted=1

    I want to take your book, Chas, and shove it down his throat!!

    I wouldn’t want to ruin the book though, I look forward to reading it!

  2. Mazel tov on the great reviews! I’m looking forward to reading it.

  3. Chas Newkey-Burden says:

    Thanks to both of you.

  4. naomi says:

    like the jc reviewer, i was loving your israel essay – but the piece that had tears of gratitude streaming down my face was the banksy one. it was spot on and something i’ve been banging on about for a while – to the deaf ears of my shitforbrains banksy-loving friends.

  5. wrighty says:

    ONLY OBSEQUIOUS POSTS PRAISING CHAS ALLOWED HERE. PLEASE NOTE DISSENTING POSTS WILL BE REMOVED FORTHWITH.

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