Arguably Conor Cruise O'Brien's most influential and admired book was this brilliant collection of essays - on history, literature and public affairs - first published in 1965.
'I can still remember the excitement with which I discovered a copy of
Writers and Politics, in a provincial library in Devonshire thirty years ago. Nobody who tries to write about either of those subjects, or about "the bloody crossroads" where they have so often met, can disown a debt to the Cruiser.' Christopher Hitchens,
London Review of Books
'When a liberal can write such pieces as "Mercy and Mercenaries", "Journal de Combat", "Varieties of Anti-Communism", "A
New Yorker Critic", and "Generation of Saints", an important voice has returned to our culture.' Raymond Williams,
Guardian
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LiteratureTable of contents
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Conor Cruise O’Brien: An Appreciation
- Introduction
- I: AMERICA
- II: ENGLAND
- III: FRANCE
- IV: IRELAND
- V: FOUR CRITICS
- VI: THE COLD WAR
- VII: THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright
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