Gorgeous George
The Life and Adventures of George Galloway
David Morley
Foreword by Clive Anderson
The first biography of the most fascinating ego and least likely celebrity of recent times. 'Acute observation' - John Rentoul, Independent on Sunday
George Galloway has made a career of confrontation and has a life story that is stranger than fiction, with all the key ingredients of a soap opera - power, celebrity and, to a lesser extent, politics. As a career controversialist, Galloway is uncompromising in his public demeanour - as those who have crossed or just disagreed with him have found to their cost - hence his failure to win the hearts of Big Brother viewers. Espousing a brand of 'catch-me-if-you-can' politics, Galloway has consistently remained one step ahead of his detractors, even confounding the United States Senate in their attempts to tie him to allegations over illegal oil trading in Iraq. This biography includes: · His time as MP for Dundee and the way in which he rose to the top; .His love and successes, which have earned him the nickname 'Gorgeous George'; · His leadership of War on Want and, later, the Mariam Appeal and the accusations made; · His label as 'The Member for Baghdad Central' as a result of driving a routemaster bus to Iraq and his friendship with Saddam Hussein. · His shock expulsion from the Labour Party and the sensational Respect victory in the bitter campaign for Bethnal Green. · Brilliantly deflating Senator Norm Coleman at the US Senate hearings into allegations of 'Oil for Food' irregularities Whatever his motives, whatever his actions, George Galloway is rarely less than sensational, newsworthy and controversial. Gorgeous George is the definitive biography of one of the most extraordinary political figures of our times. 'Morley was sympathetic to Galloway's politics and agrees with him about the Middle East, but he is also a perceptive journalist and a fine writer. The opening sentence – a good test this – is a corker: "The George Galloway we see before us now is a creature assembled on the factory floor of Dundee's left-wing politics." John Rentoul, Independent on Sunday
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About David Morley David Morley is an award-winning radio documentary producer, having made profiles with Clive Anderson of Alastair Campbell, Jeffrey Archer and George Galloway. He has extensively researched all of Galloway's life and career and has interviewed all the major players involved in this sensational story. Clive Anderson studied law at Cambridge University and practised as a barrister in London for about 15 years. He has written scripts for Frankie Howard, Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith and others, and has presented radio and television programmes, in particular, Whose Line is it Anyway?
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