Enemies of promise and other essays
an autobiography of ideas
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
1960 - Anchor Books, Garden City, N.Y, No place, unknown, or undetermined
Language
English
Word Count
105,250 words, Guess
Page Count
421 pages
Identifiers
- LibraryThing1632554
- Library of Congress Control Number60005920
- OCLC Control Number4314918
- Open LibraryOL5794257M
Classifications
- LCCPR471 .C65 1960
Description
“Whom the gods wish to destroy,” writes Cyril Connolly, “they first call promising.” First published in 1938 and long out of print, Enemies of Promise, an “inquiry into the problem of how to write a book that lasts ten years,” tests the boundaries of criticism, journalism, and autobiography with the blistering prose that became Connolly’s trademark. Connolly here confronts the evils of domesticity, politics, drink, and advertising as well as novelists such as Joyce, Proust, Hemingway, and Faulkner in essays that remain fresh and penetrating to this day.
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