# The World Is What It Is

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- Authors: [Patrick French](https://www.bookquiver.com/patrick-french)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2009-04-03

## Description

Shortlisted for the 2008 BBC4 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction

## Editions

### The World Is What It Is

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-14-0007-980-3
- Pages: 592
- Published: 2009-11-03
- Language: en_US

### The World Is What It Is

- Publisher: picador
- ISBN: 978-03-3044-009-7
- Pages: 576
- Published: 2009-04-03
- Language: en_GB