Windfall - The End of the Affair

All the virtues of Bill Buckley's earlier books are here--but this one is profoundly different. 1990 was a very good year, producing vintage Buckley. He celebrated deeply meaningful anniversaries: the fortieth year of his marriage; the fortieth since his graduation from Yale; the thirty-fifth from National Review, the magazine he founded, and then decided--to considerable shock--to retire from editing. In the year in which he became a senior citizen, he appeared, daringly, as a harpsichordist with two symphony orchestras; wrote a controversial book advocating voluntary national service, a proposal not calculated to endear him to his fellow conservatives; and endured the death of a close friend. Thus is completed (perhaps) the end of several affairs--and the capstone volume of a diarist-journal keeper-journalist, who has proved to be, over books at sea and on land (Cruising Speed, The Unmaking of a Mayor, Airborne, Atlantic High, Overdrive, Racing Through Paradise), both his own Boswell and Johnson.

General

Imprint:	The Lyons Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2024
Authors:	William F. Buckley
Foreword by:	Christopher Buckley
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-4930-8144-8
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-4930-8144-6
Barcode:	9781493081448

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