Al Alvarez

Risky Business (eBook, ePUB)

People, Pastimes, Poker and Books

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'In a book this good, in the company of a mind this judicious and fine, the reader is left wanting more' Telegraph

Poetry, poker, mountaineering, novels - a sparkling collection of essays from Britain's best-loved man of letters
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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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781408835791
• Artikelnr.: 38284383

Autorenporträt

Al Alvarez was a poet, novelist, literary critic, anthologist, and author of many highly praised non-fiction books on topics ranging from suicide, divorce and dreams - The Savage God, Life After Marriage, Night - to poker and mountaineering - The Biggest Game in Town and Feeding The Rat. His most recent books are Pondlife and Risky Business. He died in 2019.