How To Be Right

… in a world gone wrong

James O'Brien

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W H Allen
13 June 2019

Public speaking guides; Politics & government; Demonstrations & protest movements

James O'Brien - runaway talk show sensation - with a provocative guide to dismantling small minds and conquering prejudice.

The voice of reason in a world that won't shut up.

The Sunday Times Bestseller Winner of the Parliamentary Book Awards

Every day, James O'Brien listens to people blaming hard-working immigrants for stealing their jobs while scrounging benefits, and pointing their fingers at the EU and feminists for destroying Britain. But what makes James's daily LBC show such essential listening - and has made James a standout social media star - is the incisive way he punctures their assumptions and dismantles their arguments live on air, every single morning.

In the bestselling How To Be Right, James provides a hilarious and invigorating guide to talking to people with unchallenged opinions. With chapters on every lightning-rod issue, James shows how people have been fooled into thinking the way they do, and in each case outlines the key questions to ask to reveal fallacies, inconsistencies and double standards.

If you ever get cornered by ardent Brexiteers, Daily Mail disciples or corporate cronies, this book is your conversation survival guide.

By: James O'Brien
Imprint: W H Allen
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 166g
ISBN: 9780753553121
ISBN 10: 0753553120
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 13 June 2019
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

James O'Brien is a writer and radio broadcaster. His journalism has appeared everywhere from the TLS to the Daily Mirror. He has presented BBC Two's Newsnight and his own daytime talk show O'Brien on ITV. His daily current affairs phone-in show on LBC has 1.2 million weekly listeners. His last book, How to be Right, was a Sunday Times Bestseller.

Reviews for How To Be Right: … in a world gone wrong

Almost indecently enjoyable. A must-read for anyone about to spend Christmas listening to their parents/grandparents talking shit -- Robert Webb I know few broadcasters as consistently, forensically, brilliant as James O' Brien. Here, he shows us -- with empathy, edge and exquisite comedy -- how it happens -- Emily Maitlis Intelligent, funny and worrying. An unsurprisingly brilliant read from a great broadcaster. I vehemently wish that everyone would read it. The World and this country would be a better place if they did. -- Gary Lineker In the age of the tweet, such verbal ability increasingly seems like a superpower * The Times * A simply brilliant read ... I love this book! -- Jamie Oliver