Bookish pair's mainstream sucess

Published Date: 10 October 2008 IN another life, Bill Campbell and sidekick Peter Mackenzie might have been tabloid newspapermen, foot-in-the-door types with a nose for a saleable story and a gift for teasing out the line that would grab the front page headlines. Celebrities, sportsmen, curious new age health quacks, hard men criminals and middle aged women with tearful tales of childhood hardship . . . Bill would be the tough one, urging them to reveal a little bit more; Peter a bit more reserved, with the c hequebook at hand – strictly to cover expenses, of course. Certainly the books crammed on the shelves in their boardroom scream tabloid headline-style titles. There's Jihad! and Mr Nasty; and there's Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes, and Saved By My Face. For the sports fans, there's Toon Army side by side with... [read full story]