The Pendulum Years: Britain in the Sixties

The Pendulum Years: Britain in the Sixties

by Bernard Levin (Author)

Synopsis

A classic portrait of Sixties Britain by one of the most brilliant commentators of the time. Bernard Levin is clever, cunning, savage and often brilliantly and cruelly witty few public events with disgraceful aspects escape his corrosive pen. The Times First published in 1970, 'The Pendulum Years' argues that many of the striking features of the preceding decade stemmed from an underlying tension between the pull of the past and the pull of the future. Coruscating and often hilarious, it is an unparalleled examination of epochal times. It is brilliant. It is all true. A remarkable achievement, done in language that cries out to be read aloud and with a wit that even the victims may recognise. Economist

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 464
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Icon Books
Published: 03 Feb 2003

ISBN 10: 1840464186
ISBN 13: 9781840464184

Media Reviews
'Bernard Levin is clever, cunning, savage and often brilliantly and cruelly witty... few public events with disgraceful aspects escape his corrosive pen.' The Times 'It is brilliant. It is all true. A remarkable achievement, done in language that cries out to be read aloud and with a wit that even the victims may recognise.' Economist
Author Bio
Bernard Levin was one of the leading journalists of the latter half of the 20th century. In his glittering career he wrote for the Spectator, the Guardian, the Daily Express and Daily Mail, the New Statesman and the New York Times.