"Man of letters, diplomat, scholar " the only contemporary writer who can be compared to George Orwell and André Malraux" " that is how the Atlantic Monthly described Conor Cruise O'Brien on its January 1994 cover. If anything, that description underestimates the range of talents and activities of the person who has been widely referred to as "the greatest living Irishman."
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 828.914
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- e-ie---
- ISBN
- 0773512551 9780773565104
- LCCN
- PR6065.B67
- LCCN Item number
- Z53 1994 v. 1eb
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (589 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00212026 (OCoLC)191819195 (CaOOCEL)407491
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- CONTENTS 6
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 10
- PREFACE 14
- PROLOGUE 18
- PART 1 BENDING LIFE'S BOW 20
- 1 Nationalist Dublin: Not, Indeed, Joyceland 22
- 2 The Cruise O'Briens before Conor 57
- 3 His Father's Son: 1917–1936 77
- PART 2 A RISING PROFESSIONAL 100
- 4 Living by His Wits: 1936–1941 102
- 5 A Reasonably Civil Servant: 1942–1954 130
- 6 To Paris, and New York, and Katanga, and Back: 1955–1961 182
- PART 3 SURVIVING THE SIXTIES 218
- 7 Reflections on a Watershed 220
- 8 African Academe: Ghana, 1962–1965 248
- 9 In the Kingdom of the New York Intellectuals: 1965–1969 305
- PART 4 AN IRISH PATRIOT 362
- 10 "Had Life Been Normal": 1969–1972 364
- 11 The Chains of Office: 1973–1977 418
- PART 5 PARTICIPANT OBSERVER 460
- 12 Kildare Street to Fleet Street: 1977–1981 462
- 13 An Enviable Freedom: 1982–1992 498
- EPILOGUE 528
- NOTES 532
- INDEX 606
- A 606
- B 606
- C 607
- D 608
- E 608
- F 609
- G 609
- H 609
- I 610
- J 610
- K 610
- L 610
- M 611
- N 611
- O 612
- P 612
- R 612
- S 612
- T 613
- U 613
- V 614
- W 614
- Y 614
- Z 614
