Andy Beckett was born in 1969. He studied modern history at Oxford University and journalism at the University of California in Berkeley. He is a feature writer at The Guardian and writes for the London Review of Books and the New York Times magazine. He lives in London.
Books in order of publication:
Pinochet in Piccadilly: Britain and Chile’s Hidden History (London: Faber & Faber, 2002).
When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies (London: Faber & Faber, 2009).
Promised You A Miracle: Why 1980–82 Made Modern Britain (London: Allen Lane, 2015).
The Searchers: Five Rebels, Their Dream of a Different Britain, and Their Many Enemies (London: Allen Lane, 2024).
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