Harry's Last Stand - How world my generation built is falling down, what we can do to

91-year old Harry Leslie Smith become an online sensation in November 2013 when a Guardian article of his was shared almost 80,000 times on FacebookA writer of beautifully sculpted, insistent prose with a wide appeal - set to become the male Diana Athill...

About the author

Harry Leslie Smith is a survivor of the Great Depression, a second world war RAF veteran and, at 91, an activist for the poor and for the preservation of social democracy. His Guardian articles have been shared over 80,000 times on Facebook and have attracted huge comment and debate. He has authored numerous books about Britain during the Great Depression, the second world war and postwar austerity. He lives outside Toronto, Canada and in Yorkshire.

Report

'A kind of epic poem, one that moves in circular fashion from passionate denunciation to intense autobiographical reflection ... should be required reading for every MP, peer, councillor, civil servant and commentator. The fury and sense of powerlessness that so many people feel at government policy beam out of every page.' Melissa Benn, Guardian

Product details

• Authors: Harry Leslie Smith, Harry Smith, Harry L. Smith, Harry Leslie Smith
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 23.10.2014
• EAN: 9781848317369
• ISBN: 978-1-84831-736-9
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Diaries, letters & journals, Memoirs, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Society and culture: general, Diaries, letters and journals, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs