{"product_id":"9781474621106-the-maverick","title":"The Maverick","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeorge Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing\u003cbr\u003eThe captivating story of the famed publisher who transformed not only publishing but the culture of ideas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter arriving in London just before the Second World War as a penniless and friendless Austrian-Jewish refugee, George Weidenfeld went on to transform not only the world of publishing but the culture of ideas. The books that he published include momentous titles such as \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDouble Helix\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Group\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hedgehog and the Fox\u003c\/i\u003e, with authors he championed ranging from Joan Didion, Mary McCarthy and Edna O'Brien to Henry Miller, Harold Wilson, Saul Bellow and Henry Kissinger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this first biography, Thomas Harding provides a full, unvarnished and at times difficult history of this complex and fascinating character and crafts a portrait of the publisher's life that is inextricable from the efforts and intricacies of putting a book into the world. Structured around twenty books associated with George Weidenfeld, and intercut with explorations of contemporary concerns such as  the right to publish, freedom of speech and separating the art from the artist, \u003ci\u003eThe Maverick \u003c\/i\u003etells the captivating story behind the life of this iconic publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41540089741409,"sku":"9781474621106","price":8.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_23109726.jpg?v=1713970550","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781474621106-the-maverick","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}