Ken

From the provocative biographer of Shirley Porter comes a comprehensive and fascinating account of Ken Livingstone's extraordinary life and career. For nearly thirty years, this controversial political chameleon has been making headlines, antagonising, shocking, and delighting the public and press in equal measure. After taking control of the GLC through an audacious internal coup in 1981, his career was transformed in 2000 when he became the first directly elected Mayor of London as an independent in the teeth of a fierce campaign by Tony Blair and Alastair Campbell.Since then, he has won the 2012 Olympics and led the capital during the dark days following the 7th July 2005 terrorist attacks. In May 2008, he's likely to face his greatest political challenge in the shape of Tory Mayoral hopeful Boris Johnson. Andrew Hosken charts a unique political career of a man often described as Britain's second most powerful politician - a story characterised by ambition, controversy and ruthlessness.

ISBN 1905147724   Pages 340 ISBN13 9781905147724 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Arcadia Books   Weight (grammes) 680 Imprint Arcadia Books   Published in London Format Hardback   Height (mm) 22 Publication date 30 Apr 2008   Width (mm) 14 DEWEY 942.1085092   Spine width (mm) 46 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

Ch. 1		Brockwell Park, 1945-1969		1
Ch. 2		'Rise like lions after slumber!' 1969-1973		13
Ch. 3		The Young Chartists, 1970-1973		26
Ch. 4		The South Bank Show, 1973-1977		38
Ch. 5		A gathering storm, 1973-May 1979		52
Ch. 6		'Labour, take the power!' May 1979-May 1981		66
Ch. 7		'London's ours!' May 1981		81
Ch. 8		The Robespierre of Randolph Avenue, May-October 1981		94
Ch. 9		Get Leninspart! October 1981-May 1982		109
Ch. 10		Dangerous liaisons: Comrade Gerry, 1981-1985		125
Ch. 11		Loony tunes, 1981-1984		142
Ch. 12		Green Ken, October 1981-May 1983		158
Ch. 13		'Your faithful servant Reg', 1980-1985		174
Ch. 14		Abolition and resurrection, June 1983-September 1984		191
Ch. 15		'Though cowards flinch', May 1984-November 1985		209
Ch. 16		Twilight of the Tin Gods, May 1985-April 1986		225
Ch. 17		Views without a room, April 1986-October 1989		240
Ch. 18		Ken and the rise of Socialist Action, 1985-1994		256
Ch. 19		The life and times of Ernold Same, 1990-1998		272
Ch. 20		Smear we go again! May 1997-November 1999		288
Ch. 21		London's ours, again! October 1999-May 2000		303
Ch. 22		The coming of the Kenocracy, May 2000-January 2003		320
Ch. 23		Private lives and public risks, July 2002-March 2003		337
Ch. 24		Seb and Co., March 2003-July 2005		353
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'The talk of the London Book Fair is news that investigative author Andrew Hosken, a senior reporter for Radio 4's Today programme, has just signed up to write an unauthorised biography of the Mayor. Last year he published a scathing biography of disgraced former Tory Westminster Council Chief Dame Shirley Porter' - Londoner's Diary, Evening Standard 'Saturation media coverage around the 2008 London Mayoral election should lead to national interest. There are few politicians around who can polarise opinion like Ken Livingstone, and here Hosken charts his unique and controversial political career'- Greg Eden (Waterstone's), Ones to Watch, The Bookseller'Ken has agreed to be interviewed for the biography, "Ken hasn't always obeyed the idea of keeping one's enemies close, but he undoubtedly reckons this is a good way to be forewarned of anything Andrew intends to write"' - Oliver Marre, Observer'Arcadia paid its largest advance for an unauthorised biography of Ken Livingstone. Hosken admits he is unsure how many skeletons he will find lurking in Ken's closet' - Celia Walden, Daily Telegraph'A splendid book, as easy to read as a good thriller. If we're to have a relatively clean political culture, people ... have to know there are writers like Andrew Hosken about' - Guardian on Nothing Like a Dame

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