WHERE DID IT GO RIGHT?: An Autobiography

Al Alvarez

ISBN 10: 1860661734 / ISBN 13: 9781860661730

Published by Richard Cohen Books, London, 1999

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This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in as new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Al Alvarez - poet, critic, novelist, sportsman, and poker player - has for seventy years been hard to categorize. He is the author of the best-selling study of suicide, THE SAVAGE GOD, and as poetry editor of the OBSERVER, he has known most of the leading poets of the second half of last century. For a time he was an influential critic and his anthology THE NEW POETRY scandalised the literary community. Much of the liveliness of Alvarez's story is inspired by the ambiguous fate of being an English Jew. Although his family had been settled in London for more than two centuries, being Jewish always made them feel like outsiders. From public schools to Oxford to the hardscrabble world of freelance writing, Alvarez found time to climb mountains, play poker and write books about these pastimes which are now regarded as classics. WHERE DID IT ALL GO RIGHT? is his memorable, irreverent account of that journey. Ref YYY 2.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WHERE DID IT GO RIGHT?: An Autobiography
• Publisher: Richard Cohen Books, London
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1860661734
• ISBN 13: 9781860661730
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Book by Alvarez, Al

About the Author

Al Alvarez is the acclaimed writer of POKER also published by Bloomsbury. He lives in London