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2015
π Yale University Press
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β Scribed by James, Clive
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- Yale University Press
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- 2015
- Tongue
- English
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- 193
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- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
The author reflects on his latest readings, and re-readings, undertaken after being diagnosed with terminal leukemia, combining thoughts on old favorites and new discoveries with personal musings on living and dying.
β¦ Table of Contents
Introduction --
Hemingway in the beginning --
Revisiting Conrad --
Novels in sequence --
Patrick O'Brian and his salty hero --
War leader --
Sebald and the battle in the air --
Phantom flying saucer --
Under Western eyes --
Anthony Powell, time lord --
Treasuring Osbert Lancaster --
American power --
Kipling and the widow-maker --
Speer in Spandau --
Shakespeare and Johnson --
Naipaul's nastiness --
Movie books --
Women in Hollywood --
Extra shelves --
Always Philip Larkin --
Villa America --
Angles on Hitler --
Stephen Edgar, Australian ace --
John Howard extends his reign --
Hemingway at the end --
On wit --
Richard Wilbur's precept --
When creation is perverse --
Conrad's greatest victory --
Coda.
β¦ Subjects
Books and reading;LITERARY COLLECTIONS--Essays;Electronic books;LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays
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