Editing Rod Liddle (section)

==Books==
In 2003, Liddle wrote a collection of short stories, ''Too Beautiful For You''.<ref>Jeffreys, Susan. [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/too-beautiful-for-you-by-rod-liddle-582039.html "Too Beautiful For You By Rod Liddle"]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''The Independent'', 3 October 2003.</ref> He said he has always wanted to be a writer, and saw journalism as a cop-out.<ref name=Barber/> He is also the author of ''Love Will Destroy Everything'' (2007) and the co-author of ''The Best of Liddle Britain'' (2007).

''Selfish Whining Monkeys: How we Ended Up Greedy, Narcissistic and Unhappy'', appeared in 2014. Admitting to having paid little attention to Liddle's journalism, [[Will Self]], in his review for ''The Guardian'' wrote: "it's so much more authoritative to hear a man condemned out of his own mouth over 200-plus pages than it is to assay him on the basis of newspaper columns, which, by and large, favour polarised views tendentiously expressed." Despite his serious reservations about Liddle's writing, Self concludes: "The peculiar thing is that I can't find it in my heart of hearts to dislike the man, I think there's good in him and that he can change his bilious complexion."<ref>Will Self [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/22/selfish-whining-monkeys-rod-liddle-review "Selfish, Whining Monkeys by Rod Liddle review – why is he so angry?"], ''The Guardian'', 22 May 2014</ref> Liddle responded to Self's review in an interview with [[Archie Bland]] of ''The Independent'' a few weeks later: "He reviewed what he thought I was, not what the book was about. Bizarre. I think it's slightly deranged."<ref>Archie Bland [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/rod-liddle-gives-his-critics-plenty-of-reasons-to-dislike-him--but-why-does-he-seem-to-loathe-himself-so-much-9533384.html "Rod Liddle gives his critics plenty of reasons to dislike him - but why does he seem to loathe himself so much?"], ''The Independent'', 12 June 2014</ref>

In July 2019 Liddle published ''The Great Betrayal'', a book about [[Brexit]]. The book was reviewed positively by Professor [[Matthew Goodwin]] in ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', who called it "a no-holds-barred attack on the Establishment's blocking of Brexit".<ref>{{cite news|author=Matthew Goodwin |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/the-great-betrayal-by-rod-liddle-review-a-mass-revolt-hx3c95m6x |title=The Great Betrayal by Rod Liddle review — a no-holds-barred attack on the Establishment's blocking of Brexit &#124; Culture &#124; The Sunday Times |work=The Times |date=2019-07-21 |access-date=2020-01-12}}</ref> [[Harry Mount]] at ''[[The Spectator]]'' called the book "very engaging", despite noting concerns that the book's claim of a betrayal of Brexit possibly proving to be unfounded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/09/rod-liddle-on-brexit-the-great-betrayal-reviewed/ |title=Rod Liddle on Brexit: The Great Betrayal reviewed |publisher=The Spectator |date=2019-09-21 |access-date=2020-01-12}}</ref> However, [[Fintan O'Toole]] writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'' said the book was "as untroubled by facts as by logic".<ref name="Gdn17719">{{cite news |last1=O’Toole |first1=Fintan |title=The Great Betrayal by Rod Liddle review – a disingenuous, dishonest Brexit polemic |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/17/great-betrayal-rod-liddle-brexit-review |access-date=17 July 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=17 July 2019}}</ref>