Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Category: Biography & Autobiography ISBN. We have decided to honour it - and to publish. And the contract? By the time Julian wanted to cancel the deal he had already used the advance money to settle his legal bills. Julian always claimed the book was well written we agree, and this also encouraged us to make the book available to readers. We believe it explains both the man and his work, underlining his commitment to the truth. Assange had received a sizable advance payment for the book, but he withdrew his support for the project after sitting for some 50 hours of interviews, and the resulting manuscript, although at times enlightening, read very. We disagree with Julian's assessment of the book. Assange’s memoir, Julian Assange: The Unauthorised Autobiography, was published against his wishes in September 2011. After reading the first draft of the book at the end of March, Julian declared: 'All memoir is prostitution.' In June 2011, with thirty-eight publishing houses around the world committed to releasing the book, Julian told us he wanted to cancel his contract. Despite sitting for more than fifty hours of taped interviews and spending many late nights at Ellingham Hall (where he was living under house arrest) discussing his life and the work of WikiLeaks with the writer he had enlisted to help him, Julian became increasingly troubled by the thought of publishing an autobiography. In this highly personal work, I explain our global struggle to force a new relationship between the people and their governments.' In the end, the work was to prove too personal. At the time, Julian said: 'I hope this book will become one of the unifying documents of our generation. In December 2010, Julian Assange signed a contract with Canongate Books to write a book - part memoir, part manifesto - for publication the following year. All my books are IN STOCK and shipped from our Australian address.
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