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Description
This new collection of essays by the author of Life at the Bottom bears the unmistakable stamp of Theodore Dalrymple's bracingly clearsighted view of the human condition. In these pieces, Dr. Dalrymple ranges over literature and ideas, from Shakespeare to Marx, from the breakdown of Islam to the legalization of drugs. Here is a book that restores our faith in the central importance of literature and criticism to our civilization. Theodore Dalrymple is the best doctor-writer since William Carlos Williams. -Peggy Noonan. Includes When Islam Breaks Down, named the best journal article of 2004 by David Brooks of the New York Times.
Product details
Published | 01 Mar 2007 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 356 |
ISBN | 9781566637213 |
Imprint | Ivan R. Dee |
Dimensions | 226 x 152 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Dalrymple writes a clear and considered prose that makes him formidable indeed.
David Pryce–Jones, Book Review Digest
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Theodore Dalrymple has succeeded (once more) in publishing a book that is both thoughtful and absorbing.
Paul Hollander, New York Sun
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The brutal, penetrating honesty of his thinking and the vividness of his prose make Theodore Dalrymple the George Orwell of our time.
Denis Dutton, Editor, Arts and Letters Daily
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His gift for storytelling will keep readers turning pages.
The Christian Century
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Theodore Dalrymple is the best doctor-writer since William Carlos Williams.
Peggy Noonan
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There is so much learning and unconventional wisdom in it that you want to make the reading last.
Norman Stone