Where Did It All Go Right?

Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Where Did It All Go Right? by Al Alvarez, Bloomsbury Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Al Alvarez ISBN: 9781408835814
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: July 5, 2012
Imprint: Bloomsbury Paperbacks Language: English
Author: Al Alvarez
ISBN: 9781408835814
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: July 5, 2012
Imprint: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Language: English

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. He went From Oundle, an English public school, to Oxford, where an academic career beckoned; instead he embarked on life as a freelance writer. Meanwhile he climbed mountains, played poker and wrote books about these pastimes which are now regarded as classics. WHERE DID IT ALL GO RIGHT? is his memorable, irreverent account of that journey.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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. He went From Oundle, an English public school, to Oxford, where an academic career beckoned; instead he embarked on life as a freelance writer. Meanwhile he climbed mountains, played poker and wrote books about these pastimes which are now regarded as classics. WHERE DID IT ALL GO RIGHT? is his memorable, irreverent account of that journey.

More books from Bloomsbury Publishing

Cover of the book Where the Clocks Chime Twice by Al Alvarez
Cover of the book From Empire to Orient by Al Alvarez
Cover of the book OLAF at the Crossroads by Al Alvarez
Cover of the book Sympathetic Sentiments by Al Alvarez
Cover of the book Vienna Lectures on Legal Philosophy, Volume 1 by Al Alvarez
Cover of the book Mission to Marathon by Al Alvarez
Cover of the book Education in the Balance by Al Alvarez
Cover of the book American Civil War Marines 1861–65 by Al Alvarez
Cover of the book The Arab-Israeli Conflict by Al Alvarez
Cover of the book Swinging from My Heels by Al Alvarez
Cover of the book Railway Architecture by Al Alvarez
Cover of the book Star of Ill-Omen by Al Alvarez
Cover of the book An Introduction to the Study of Ezekiel by Al Alvarez
Cover of the book Methland by Al Alvarez
Cover of the book Oral Tradition and the New Testament by Al Alvarez
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy