Risky Business - People, Pastimes, Poker and Books

''In a book this good, in the company of a mind this judicious and fine, the reader is left wanting more'' Telegraph Poetry, poker, mountaineering, novels - a sparkling collection of essays from Britain''s best-loved 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.>

Product details

• Authors: Al Alvarez, Alvarez Al
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2008
• EAN: 9780747593119
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-9311-9
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Poker, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays