After 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 Lolita, Double Helix, The Group and The Hedgehog and
the Fox, with authors he championed ranging from Joan Didion, Mary
McCarthy, Golda Meir and Edna O'Brien to Henry Miller, Harold
Wilson, Saul Bellow and Henry Kissinger. In this first biography,
Thomas Harding provides a full, unvarnished and at times difficult
history of this complex and fascinating character. Throughout his
long career, he was written about in the New York Times, the
Washington Post, Time, Vanity Fair and other publications. Was he,
as described by some, the 'greatest salesperson', 'the world's best
networker', 'the publisher's publisher' and 'a great intellectual'?
Was his lifelong effort to be the world's most famous host a cover
for his desperate loneliness? Who, in fact, was the real George
Weidenfeld and how did he rise so successfully within the ranks of
London and New York society? Drawing on author correspondence,
internal memos, and other documents buried deep in the secret
publishing files of Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Harding 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, The Maverick tells the captivating story behind the life of
this iconic publisher.
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