A collection of Anthony Powell's best critical writing over a period of four decades, drawn from his regular reviews for the "Daily Telegraph", occasional humorous pieces for "Punch" and more sustained pieces of critical and anecdotal writing on writers. The first section on British writers looks at John Aubrey, Rudyard Kipling, Conrad and Thomas Hardy. The second part looks at American writers such as Henry James, James Thurber and Dashiel Hammett, and included is a section on Powell's contemporaries such as Cyril Connolly, George Orwell, Nancy Mitford, Graham Greene, Osbert Lancaster and others. The book closes with a discussion of Proust.
- ISBN10 043459928X
- ISBN13 9780434599288
- Publish Date 21 May 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 December 1996
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Cornerstone
- Imprint William Heinemann Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 448
- Language English