Writers and Politics

By Conor Cruise O'Brien

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571324258
• ISBN13: 9780571324255
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Faber Finds
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.7" x 5.5"