Writers and Politics

Arguably Conor Cruise O'Brien's most influential and admired book was this brilliant collection of essays - on history, literature and public affairs - first published in 1965.

'I can still remember the excitement with which I discovered a copy of "Writers and Politics," in a provincial library in Devonshire thirty years ago. Nobody who tries to write about either of those subjects, or about "the bloody crossroads" where they have so often met, can disown a debt to the Cruiser.' Christopher Hitchens, "London Review of Books"

'When a liberal can write such pieces as "Mercy and Mercenaries," "Journal de Combat," "Varieties of Anti-Communism," "A "New Yorker" Critic," and "Generation of Saints," an important voice has returned to our culture.' Raymond Williams, "Guardian"