Not With a Bang But a Whimper: The Politics & Culture of Decline - Hardcover

Theodore Dalrymple

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1906308101 ISBN 13: 9781906308100

Publisher: Monday Books, 2009

Synopsis

A beautifully-written and thought-provoking collection of essays on social, political and literary issues as diverse as the Jonathan Ross/Russell Brand controversy, violent crime on Britain's streets, the effects of the welfare state, modern architecture and the respective merits of Shakespeare and Dr. Johnson. Dalrymple uses examples from his long career as a prison doctor and his travels to every corner of the globe to illustrate his central view - that Britain is in the throes of social, cultural and political decline.

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Review:

Mr. Dalrymple illuminates with great clarity and precision some of the most difficult problems of our times. The Washington Times Beautifully written, insightful, and often sad. Neofusionist Brilliant essays. Conservative Book Club

About the Author:

Theodore Dalrymple is a British doctor and writer who has worked on four continents and has most recently practiced in a British inner-city hospital and prison. He is a contributing editor for City Journal in the United States and writes a column for the London Spectator. His earlier collections of essays, Life at the Bottom and Our Culture, What's Left of It, have been widely praised.

About this edition

• Publisher: Monday Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1906308101
• ISBN 13: 9781906308100
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368