How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions - Hardcover

Francis Wheen

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Physical description; 1 volume ; 24 cm. Subjects; Reason. Civilization, Modern. Superstition - History.

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Francis Wheen is deputy editor of Private Eye, the editor of Lord Gnome's Literary Companion, the author of Karl Marx: A Life and a columnist in the London Guardian. He has been a contributor to Vanity Fair, The Nation, The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post. He has appeared on Booknotes on C-SPAN and on National Public Radio.
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"[A] very well-written rant against all the baloney that people seem increasingly to believe." -- The Boston Globe

"[S]avagely amusing...this angry, energetic, disappointed, witty, learned book is entertainingly contentious." -- Toronto Globe & Mail

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  • PublisherFourth Estate
  • Publication date2004
  • ISBN 10 0007140967
  • ISBN 13 9780007140961
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