Risky Business People, Pastimes, Poker and Books
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Al Alvarez's writing career has come in many guises. One of the most influential post-war critics, he has written profoundly and eloquently about writers and their craft for over fifty years. But Alvarez has also been a passionate amateur of risky pursuits - poker playing, mountaineering, flying in aeroplanes - and he written about these subjects with a rare depth, liveliness and perception. This is a collection of his finest essays. Ranging from trenchant literary criticism to accounts of polar expeditions and poker championships, Risky Business is a sparkling and eclectic anthology from our most unusual man of letters.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780747593119 |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury |
Imprint: | Bloomsbury |
Pub date: | 21 Jan 2008 |
DEWEY: | 824.914 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Number of pages: | 409 |
Weight: | 442g |
Height: | 196mm |
Width: | 128mm |
Spine width: | 8mm |