Cold Warriors
Writers Who Waged the Literary Cold War
$118.74
- Paperback
752 pages
- Release Date
12 October 2020
Summary
‘White handles hefty quantities of research effortlessly, combining multiple biographies with a broader overview of the period. His energetic, anecdote-laden prose will have you hooked all the way from Orwell to le Carre’ Sunday Times, Books of the Year
Cold Warriors reads like a thriller … ambitious, intelligent, searching history’ The Times
In this age of 24-hour news coverage, where rallying cries are made on Twitter and wars are waged in cyberspa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349141992 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349141991 |
| Author: | Duncan White |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 752 |
| Release Date: | 12 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 832g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 54mm |
You Can Find This Book In
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Both profound and profoundly important and as engaging as a gripping Cold War thriller - Kirkus
Absorbing … Cold Warriors reads like a thriller … However, this is also a book about personal and political liberty; about the freedom to write, mock and dissent; about truth, lies and wilful ignorance … [an] ambitious, intelligent, searching history - The TimesA breezily readable group biography … raises some haunting questions - Sunday TimesDuncan White’s fascinating new book on the role of literature in the Cold War … It frequently grips like a thriller, even in the sections in which White is dealing with intellectual ideas rather than blackmail and violence - Sunday TelegraphWhite handles hefty quantities of research effortlessly, combining multiple biographies with a broader overview of the period. His energetic, anecdote-laden prose will have you hooked all the way from Orwell to le Carre - Sunday TimesAbout The Author
Duncan White
Duncan White is a journalist and academic who combines his position as Associate Director of the History & Literature department at Harvard University with his role as a lead book reviewer and feature writer for the Telegraph. He is the author of Nabokov and His Books, and has established himself as a scholarly authority on mid-century American and Russian literature, with a particular focus on the Cold War. After completing his DPhil at Oxford, he moved to the United States where he was appointed a Newhouse research fellow at Wellesley College. His writing has appeared in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Duncan is British and lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.