Andrew Hussey
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Andrew Hussey OBE (born 1963) is an English cultural historian and biographer.
Born in Liverpool, Hussey was educated at the University of Manchester and the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3. He received his PhD for a thesis on Georges Bataille, eventually published as his first book. His biography of Guy Debord was named by Julian Barnes as International Book of the Year in the Times Literary Supplement in 2001.
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Publications
- The Inner Scar: The Mysticism of Georges Bataille (2000)
- The Game of War: The Life and Death of Guy Debord (2001)
- The Beast at Heaven’s Gate: Georges Bataille and the Art of Transgression (2006)
- Paris: The Secret History (2006)
- The French Intifada (2014)
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TV works
- France on a Plate BBC Four (2010)
- The North on a Plate BBC Four (2011)
- Treasures of the Louvre BBC Four (2013)
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Radio
- Albert Camus - Inside the Outsider BBC Radio 3 (2013)
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