Thomas Harding on George Weidenfeld

The Maverick: George Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing is a brilliant biography of a complicated man. It's not a cradle-to-grave doorstopper, but the story of the publisher's life through twelve books, including his mother's diary and Lolita. 

 

Interviewed by Johnny de Falbe 

Edited by Magnus Rena 

Music: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: II. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer