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Chronicles of Wasted Time (Paperback, Revised ed.)
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Chronicles of Wasted Time (Paperback, Revised ed.)
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Back in print for the first time since Muggeridge's death in 1990,
both published volumes of his acclaimed biography-The Green Stick
and The Infernal Grove, plus the previously unpublished start to an
unfinished third volume entitled The Right Eye-all brought together
in one unabridged volume. "There is not a flat page in this
mingling of anecdote, comment and self-criticism. . . . An
international throng of writers, politicians, soldiers, spies,
traitors and eccentrics jostles in these page from Attlee to
Wodehouse via Burgess and Philby, Churchill, de Gaulle, Gide,
Chanel, Montgomery, Evelyn Waugh." -The Daily Telegraph "Much of it
. . . is very funny indeed; his description of being inducted into
the mysteries of invisible writing when he joined the M16, for
instance, is one of the great comic set-pieces that are artfully
placed throughout the book. . . . Apart from these, the wit
sparkles on almost every page." -The Observer ." . . this is one of
the most delightful and entertaining memoirs of our age." -The
Washington Post "A sure hand pushes the pen; a splendid mind guides
the hand. There are paragraphs in this book that . . . are models
of the best of clarity, grace and beauty in the English language."
-The Dallas Morning News Born in 1903, Malcolm Muggeridge started
his career as a university lecturer in Cairo before taking up
journalism. As a journalist he worked around the world on the
Guardian, Calcutta Statesman, the Evening Standard and the Daily
Telegraph. In 1953 became editor of Punch, where he remained for
four years. In later years he became best known as a broadcaster
both on television and radio for the BBC. His other books include
Jesus Rediscovered, Christ and the Media, and A Third Testament.
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