The stand-out, definitive book about phone-hacking, the biggest scandal of our age, told by the man who broke the story
Nick Davies writes investigative stories for the Guardian, and has been named Journalist of the Year, Reporter of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year in British press awards. Between July 2009 and July 2011, he wrote more than a hundred stories about crime in Rupert Murdoch s News of the World. He has written five books- White Lies, which uncovered a racist miscarriage of justice in Texas; Murder on Ward Four, which examined the collapse of the NHS through the murder of children by Nurse Beverly Allitt; Dark Heart, a journey through the wasteland of British poverty; School Report, revealing chaos in government education policy; and Flat Earth News, exposing falsehood and propaganda in news media. He has three children and lives in Sussex.
This is the book we’ve been waiting for, the thrilling and
important inside story of how a single reporter came through with
the truth of the hacking scandals. He exposed shameful intrusions,
the years of deceit, lies, and bullying. And he did more. He
revealed a rottenness at the heart of British life in the relations
of press, police, and Parliament, institutions that, taken as a
whole, failed the big test. Hack Attack is an indictment of the
worst of journalism, but is itself an exhilarating demonstration of
how the best of journalism—hard-won, honest reporting—is the
lifeblood of any democracy.
*Sir Harold Evans*
First in the Guardian and now in this book, the reporting of Nick
Davies has revealed the insidious abuse of power—and the public
trust—by the Murdoch press from the top down. The British hacking
scandal is the ultimate expression of Murdoch-culture run amok:
corruption in the Fourth Estate as dangerous to democracy as the
worst excesses of heads of state.
*Carl Bernstein*
This has all the elements – lying, corruption, blackmail – at the
highest levels of government by the biggest newspaper in London.
And the fact that it’s true is the best part. Nick is a brave and
stubborn reporter and we consider it an honor to put his book to
film.
*George Clooney (who is set to direct the film of the book)*
Nick Davies is Britain’s greatest investigative journalist... This
book is as exciting as a thriller but far more important... should
be compulsory reading in journalism schools and must be read by
anyone who wishes to understand how British politics actually
works.
*Telegraph*
Gripping …the best account we have of the phone-hacking scandal and
the attendant police corruption and cover-ups...A masterly summary
of the hacking affair, as well as the ingenuity and persistence
that lead to great journalism.
*Observer*
His set pieces...are breathtaking... Hack Attack captures a picture
of bullying and nepotism that should be absent from a democratic
society
*The Independent*
What is revealed here, in painful, careful detail, is a journalism
that held power in contempt…Nick Davies has done a colossal service
to Britain’s democracy…Hack Attack is the book of a very bold
reporter about a passage of arms that he won, to our great
benefit.
*Financial Times*
Davies’ account of how Murdoch and his dysfunctional lieutenants
ensnared, enslaved, and frightened generations of politicians is
blistering.
*Independent on Sunday*
THE book to drizzle your Piz Buin on.
*Twitter*
[Davies] tells a brilliant story [and] takes us through the years
of sniffing and delving with energy, determination and
resilience
*Observer*
A riveting page-turner… Let’s remember that it took a journalist to
do the job the authorities had evaded
*Irish Independent*
The most important book of the year
*Tom Stoppard*
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