Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses
Dalrymple writes a clear and considered prose that makes him formidable indeed. (David Pryce–JonesBook Review Digest)Theodore Dalrymple has succeeded (once more) in publishing a book that is both thoughtful and absorbing. (Paul HollanderNew 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, EditorArts 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 Itis 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. SozanskiPhiladelphia Inquirer)It's rare for someone to produce a work on social issues that is so readable. (Kevin WalkerTampa 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 UniversityNationally Syndicated Columnist)Striking. Most collections of essays are lackluster affairs, but Dalrymple's is an exception. (Jacob HeilbrunnThe New York Times)Penetrating analysis and literary eloquence make the book a worthy read for anyone concerned with the fate of civilization. (Andrew MartinCourier–Journal)The manner in which Dalrymple wields his critical scalpel fixes our attention…he makes no promise to fix our condition. (Jay MartinAntioch Review)It's rare to find such a morally coherent, historically informed and human account asOur Culture, What's Left of It. (Rev. Johannes L. JacobseTown 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 RamseyThe 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–HinesTimes Literary Supplement)Theodore Dalrymple makes a devastating diagnosis of liberalism's recent ills. (Randy BoyagodaGlobe and Mail)Dalrymple has acquired a following on the sarcastic right; if anything, the thoughtful left should be reading him." (Geoffrey WheatcroftNewstatesman.Com)Terrific.... Dalrymple is direct and his judgments are so true. (Stanley CrouchNew York Daily News)An unexpectedly moving illustration. (Stefan BeckThe New Criterion)[This book] depicts the crucial problems in western culture in beautifully rich prose. (Gregory L. SchneiderTopeka Capital–Journal)Dalrymple is able to say things with an authority few have. (Michael PlattSociety)The sobering, fiery and ominous truth. (Stanley CrouchTulsa World)This highly intelligent and perceptive writer never hesitates to 'tell it like it is'. (Angela Ellis-JonesSalisbury Review)These bracing essays horrify, irritate, enlighten, amuse. They also stir you to remember, as Dalrymple puts it, what we have to lose. (Roger KimballNew York Sun)Read the words of a man who has been on the street...who brings a vast intelligence to his conclusions. (Stanley CrouchIndependent)A clear-eyed assessment of the human condition at the beginning of the 21st century. (H. J. KirchhoffGlobe 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. FitzpatrickWanderer)Another classic book...by Theodore Dalrymple. (Thomas Sowell, Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, Stanford UniversityPost Chronicle)