Essential reading for all who read: the amazing story of Malcolm v. The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford (UK Court of Appeal 1990), the most important contract case in publishing history.

May 2002 edition ISBN 1-874222-90-8 A5 paperback 286pp with chronology, index and updated epilogues.

"A connoisseur's case... It is the first time in living memory that Grub Street has won such a victory over its oppressors... Perhaps Oxford University should bring its heraldic crest into line with its present ethos. Instead of 'Dominus illuminatio mea', it should read 'Never give a sucker an even break'." - The Observer (click for articles pre-trial and post-appeal).

"I could not put The Remedy down. It is a fascinating read and as exciting as any thriller. Malcolm is a most remarkable man - he took on City Hall and won - and he is a natural writer. His description of the comeuppance of the OUnuchs is worthy of the great Trollope." - Jeffrey Simmons, literary agent.

"Andrew Malcolm has written two excellent books. The Remedy is a gripping story of Oxford's ineptitude and skulduggery, which every publisher and every author should read. Malcolm's talents are considerable, he has a real gift for farce. His Scarfean caricatures of the key players are wonderful, some of the courtroom scenes are hilarious, and the final speech by one of the lawyers about royalties should be carefully avoided by those with weak ribs. The almost total silence of the media is sinister." - Henry Hardy, The Times Higher Education Supplement (click for review).

"The most powerful psychological thriller since Crime and Punishment." - Jack Parsons, Exeter University

"Absolutely riveting, fascinating and very instructive." - Jon Riley, Macmillan

"I read The Remedy with enormous interest... It is an horrific tale." - Robin Baird-Smith, Duckworth

"It is of course in the interest of the big academic publishers such as Oxford and Cambridge to suppress knowledge of the Malcolm case, which threatens the big profits they make out of academic authors, whom they too often mistreat." - Association of University Teachers (click for review).

• Hear at last the whole truth, with names named and courtroom testimony quoted verbatim

• Explore the "difficult and delicate" relationship between the University and its uncharitable press, and marvel at its half million wasted pounds

• Discover the unexpected facts behind OUP's tax-exemption (new 5th Appendix)

• Study the arts of 'tergiversation' and 'calculating to mislead', as practised by Alan Ryan (New College Warden) and Ivon Asquith (Academic M.D.)

• Digest Oxford's new definitions of 'commitment', 'encouragement' and 'list'

• Enjoy Richard Charkin 'thinking on his feet', OUP's 'public apology' and the shuffling of the University 'Delegates'

• Learn how modern royalty agreements swindle authors, as explained by Harvey McGregor QC

• Ponder Malcolm's extraordinary final settlement and the effect of Oxford's gagging order, unique in all literature

• Judge the true ethos of Academia UK

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OBTAINING THE REMEDY

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