Theodore Dalrymple is a British doctor and writer who has worked on four continents and now practices in a British inner-city hospital and a prison. He has written a column for the London Spectator for thirteen years and is a contributing editor for City Journal in the United States. His earlier collection of essays, Life at the Bottom, was widely praised.
Dalrymple writes a clear and considered prose that makes him
formidable indeed.
*Book Review Digest*
Theodore Dalrymple has succeeded (once more) in publishing a book
that is both thoughtful and absorbing.
*New York Sun*
The brutal, penetrating honesty of his thinking and the vividness
of his prose make Theodore Dalrymple the George Orwell of our
time.
*Arts and Letters Daily*
His gift for storytelling will keep readers turning pages.
*The Christian Century*
Theodore Dalrymple is the best doctor-writer since William Carlos
Williams.
*Peggy Noonan*
There is so much learning and unconventional wisdom in it that you
want to make the reading last.
*Norman Stone*
Theodore Dalrymple is the Edmund Burke of our age.… Our Culture,
What’s Left of It is not simply an important book, it is a
necessary one.
*Roger Kimball*
Dalrymple's moral courage shines through the most. Compelling
reading; highly recommended.
*Library Journal*
Engrossing. Dalrymple is intelligent, witty, uncommonly perceptive
about human affairs, and scathingly honest about human folly.
*The Philadelphia Inquirer*
It's rare for someone to produce a work on social issues that is so
readable.
*Tampa Tribune*
Insightful....[Dalrymple is a] profound British social critic.
*Nationally Syndicated Columnist*
Striking. Most collections of essays are lackluster affairs, but
Dalrymple's is an exception.
*The New York Times*
Penetrating analysis and literary eloquence make the book a worthy
read for anyone concerned with the fate of civilization.
*Courier–Journal*
The manner in which Dalrymple wields his critical scalpel fixes our
attention…he makes no promise to fix our condition.
*Antioch Review*
It's rare to find such a morally coherent, historically informed
and human account as Our Culture, What's Left of It.
*Town Hall*
Whether you find Dalrymple refreshing or infuriating will depend on
your political point of view. Dalrymple calls them as he sees them,
and there is not an ounce of political correctness in him.
*The Seattle Times*
Ridiculously prolific and a favorite of bloggers.... He's one of
the very best social critics of our age.
*Brothers Judd*
The book is elegantly written, conscientiously argued, provocative
and fiercely committed...measured polemics arouse disgust, shame
and despair: they will shake many readers' views of their physical
surroundings and cultural assumptions, and have an enriching power
to improve the way that people think and act.
*Times Literary Supplement*
Theodore Dalrymple makes a devastating diagnosis of liberalism's
recent ills.
*Globe and Mail*
Dalrymple has acquired a following on the sarcastic right; if
anything, the thoughtful left should be reading him."
*Newstatesman.Com*
Terrific.... Dalrymple is direct and his judgments are so true.
*New York Daily News*
An unexpectedly moving illustration.
*The New Criterion*
[This book] depicts the crucial problems in western culture in
beautifully rich prose.
*Topeka Capital–Journal*
Dalrymple is able to say things with an authority few have.
*Society*
The sobering, fiery and ominous truth.
*Tulsa World*
This highly intelligent and perceptive writer never hesitates to
'tell it like it is'.
*Salisbury Review*
These bracing essays horrify, irritate, enlighten, amuse. They also
stir you to remember, as Dalrymple puts it, what we have to
lose.
*New York Sun*
Read the words of a man who has been on the street...who brings a
vast intelligence to his conclusions.
*Independent*
A clear-eyed assessment of the human condition at the beginning of
the 21st century.
*Globe and Mail*
Surgically incisive essays by a British psychiatrist who deserves
to be considered the George Orwell of the right.
*Charlotte Observer*
Dalrymple paints a chilling portrait of what is happening these
days in France.
*Wanderer*
Another classic book...by Theodore Dalrymple.
*Post Chronicle*
Dalrymple writes a clear and considered prose that makes him
formidable indeed. -- David Pryce-Jones * Book Review Digest *
Theodore Dalrymple has succeeded (once more) in publishing a book
that is both thoughtful and absorbing. -- Paul Hollander * New York
Sun *
The brutal, penetrating honesty of his thinking and the vividness
of his prose make Theodore Dalrymple the George Orwell of our time.
-- Denis Dutton, Editor * Arts and Letters Daily *
His gift for storytelling will keep readers turning pages. * The
Christian Century *
Theodore Dalrymple is the best doctor-writer since William Carlos
Williams. -- Peggy Noonan
There is so much learning and unconventional wisdom in it that you
want to make the reading last. -- Norman Stone
Theodore Dalrymple is the Edmund Burke of our age.... Our Culture,
What's Left of It is not simply an important book, it is a
necessary one. -- Roger Kimball
Dalrymple's moral courage shines through the most. Compelling
reading; highly recommended. * Library Journal *
Engrossing. Dalrymple is intelligent, witty, uncommonly perceptive
about human affairs, and scathingly honest about human folly. --
Edward J. Sozanski * The Philadelphia Inquirer *
It's rare for someone to produce a work on social issues that is so
readable. -- Kevin Walker * Tampa Tribune *
Insightful....[Dalrymple is a] profound British social critic. --
Thomas Sowell, Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public
Policy at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University * Nationally
Syndicated Columnist *
Striking. Most collections of essays are lackluster affairs, but
Dalrymple's is an exception. -- Jacob Heilbrunn * The New York
Times *
Penetrating analysis and literary eloquence make the book a worthy
read for anyone concerned with the fate of civilization. -- Andrew
Martin * Courier-Journal *
The manner in which Dalrymple wields his critical scalpel fixes our
attention...he makes no promise to fix our condition. -- Jay Martin
* Antioch Review *
It's rare to find such a morally coherent, historically informed
and human account as Our Culture, What's Left of It. -- Rev.
Johannes L. Jacobse * Town Hall *
Whether you find Dalrymple refreshing or infuriating will depend on
your political point of view. Dalrymple calls them as he sees them,
and there is not an ounce of political correctness in him. -- Bruce
Ramsey * The Seattle Times *
Ridiculously prolific and a favorite of bloggers.... He's one of
the very best social critics of our age. * Brothers Judd *
The book is elegantly written, conscientiously argued, provocative
and fiercely committed...measured polemics arouse disgust, shame
and despair: they will shake many readers' views of their physical
surroundings and cultural assumptions, and have an enriching power
to improve the way that people think and act. -- Richard
Davenport-Hines * Times Literary Supplement *
Theodore Dalrymple makes a devastating diagnosis of liberalism's
recent ills. -- Randy Boyagoda * Globe and Mail *
Dalrymple has acquired a following on the sarcastic right; if
anything, the thoughtful left should be reading him." -- Geoffrey
Wheatcroft * Newstatesman.Com *
Terrific.... Dalrymple is direct and his judgments are so true. --
Stanley Crouch * New York Daily News *
An unexpectedly moving illustration. -- Stefan Beck * The New
Criterion *
[This book] depicts the crucial problems in western culture in
beautifully rich prose. -- Gregory L. Schneider * Topeka
Capital-Journal *
Dalrymple is able to say things with an authority few have. --
Michael Platt * Society *
The sobering, fiery and ominous truth. -- Stanley Crouch * Tulsa
World *
This highly intelligent and perceptive writer never hesitates to
'tell it like it is'. -- Angela Ellis-Jones * Salisbury Review
*
These bracing essays horrify, irritate, enlighten, amuse. They also
stir you to remember, as Dalrymple puts it, what we have to lose.
-- Roger Kimball * New York Sun *
Read the words of a man who has been on the street...who brings a
vast intelligence to his conclusions. -- Stanley Crouch *
Independent *
A clear-eyed assessment of the human condition at the beginning of
the 21st century. -- H. J. Kirchhoff * Globe and Mail *
Surgically incisive essays by a British psychiatrist who deserves
to be considered the George Orwell of the right. * Charlotte
Observer *
Dalrymple paints a chilling portrait of what is happening these
days in France. -- James K. Fitzpatrick * Wanderer *
Another classic book...by Theodore Dalrymple. -- Thomas Sowell,
Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the
Hoover Institution, Stanford University * Post Chronicle *
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