CLIVE JAMES—Pillars of Hercules—"He Got It Right" —NEW YORKER

Description: • For Your Consideration: • From a Master of Criticism: • A First UK Edition in Hardcover: • “AT THE PILLARS OF HERCULES: Critical Essays”(Faber & Faber, 1979) • BY CLIVE JAMES • Contents include: • “The Poetry of Edmund Wilson” • “Wittgenstein’s Dream”• “The Sherlockologists”• “The Effective Intelligence of Nigel Balchin”• “Poetry’s Ideal Critic: Randall Jarrell” • “The Century Behind the Hill: Raymond Chandler” • “It Is of a Windiness: Lillian Hellman” • “Kennedy’s Ideal Biographer: Lord Longford” • “Unpatriotic Gore: Gore Vidal” • “Mailer’s Marilyn” • Much More • “He is a superb describer, in easy conversational prose, of poetic effects…assiduous, intelligent and marvelous at communicating his pleasure at what he likes.” —JONATHAN RABAN, THE NEW STATESMAN • “So funny…dangerous to read with a hot drink.” —MARK LAWSON, BBC • “The author of some of the funniest prose of the past fifty years.” —ADAM GOPNIK, THE NEW YORKER (NOV. 30, 2019) • “The most beautifully equipped critic of his time, who combined overflowing polymathic erudition and a passion for aphoristic sentences with a huge well of what was not so much common sense as moral sense. Sooner or later, in his writing, he could put his finger on the core point of anything in the arts… Appetite was his great engine, but appraisal was his greatest gift. He got it right, again and again.” —ADAM GOPNIK, THE NEW YORKER, CONT. “My second collection of critical essays, AT THE PILLARS OF HERCULES was published in 1979 by Faber & Faber. The title is the name of a certain Soho pub, which has since closed down. The main topics are contemporary poetry, aesthetics and the theory and practice of criticism, the popular novel, and the literature of modern history and politics. Discussions range from the legacy of AUDEN and LARKIN to GORE VIDAL and LORD LONGFORD.” —THE AUTHOR • • For other details, please see below. • TITLE: “AT THE PILLARS OF HERCULES: Critical Essays” AUTHOR: CLIVE JAMES TYPE: HARDCOVER PAGES: 224 PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: FABER & FABER (London), 1979 EDITION: FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING* *RE: On Copyright Page: “First Published in 1979 by Faber & Faber LTD.” Year corresponds with Author’s copyright year & no later printings listed. ISBN: 0571113184 CONDITION of DUST JACKET: VERY GOOD PLUS. Price (L7.95) is unclipped. Slight crumpling at bottom of spine otherwise all is very clean & bright. (Protected in a Brodart archival cover.) CONDITION OF BOOK: VERY GOOD PLUS. Cover-boards are clean, with a hint of discoloration at the tip of the top edges. Corners are sharp. Spine is tight. Text-block edges are a tad scuffed but overall fine. Pages are clean & bright. 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