David Aaronovitch is an award-winning journalist, who has worked in radio, television and newspapers in the United Kingdom since the early 1980s. He lives in Hampstead, north London, with his wife, three daughters and Kerry Blue the terrier. His first book, Paddling to Jerusalem, won the Madoc prize for travel literature in 2001.
A handbook to be cherished by anyone who would rather have the unvarnished truth * Daily Mail * Superbly researched, wittily written and eminently sane -- Andrew Roberts * Literary Review * Gloriously readable * Independent * Dazzling debunkery * Scotland on Sunday * This book leaves us in no doubt that arriving at the truth is a vital matter - at times a matter of life and death -- John Lloyd * Financial Times *