Risky Business
People, Pastimes, Poker and Books
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Games, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Al Alvarez | ISBN: | 9781408835791 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | July 5, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Paperbacks | Language: | English |
| Author: | Al Alvarez |
| ISBN: | 9781408835791 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | July 5, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Paperbacks |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
