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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David NorrisPublisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd Imprint: Transworld Ireland Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.305kg ISBN: 9781848271371ISBN 10: 1848271379 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 23 May 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsNorris has added immeasurably to our public life. . Norris's memoir is excellent . He gives us a complete picture, in a fluent and highly readable account. . raises important questions, such as the power of the media . The good senator is redeemed by his bravery and wit. -- Eamonn Delaney Irish Independent Norris emerges in these pages as a figure who feels a passionate engagement with the world and is in possession of great moral seriousness. He is also very funny. . A Kick Against the Pricks is more than the account of an interesting life well lived. . He wishes to speak up for the idea of a life led by conscience, a life that made a difference to the world. . His autobiography is .a way of suggesting and evoking what a lone voice can do by remaining fearless and dutiful, by speaking up again and again, by learning to fail better, by losing neither a sense of humour nor a sense of purpose nor the skill, displayed with relish in this book, of taking real pleasure from life. -- Colm Toibin The Irish Times Much like the man himself, it's a witty, erudite, entertaining and provocative read. -- Olaf Tyransen Hot Press Norris has added immeasurably to our public life. ... Norris's memoir is excellent ... He gives us a complete picture, in a fluent and highly readable account. ... raises important questions, such as the power of the media ... The good senator is redeemed by his bravery and wit. -- Eamonn Delaney * Irish Independent * Norris emerges in these pages as a figure who feels a passionate engagement with the world and is in possession of great moral seriousness. He is also very funny. ... A Kick Against the Pricks is more than the account of an interesting life well lived. ... He wishes to speak up for the idea of a life led by conscience, a life that made a difference to the world. ... His autobiography is ...a way of suggesting and evoking what a lone voice can do by remaining fearless and dutiful, by speaking up again and again, by learning to fail better, by losing neither a sense of humour nor a sense of purpose nor the skill, displayed with relish in this book, of taking real pleasure from life. -- Colm Toibin * The Irish Times * Much like the man himself, it's a witty, erudite, entertaining and provocative read. -- Olaf Tyransen * Hot Press * Norris has added immeasurably to our public life. . Norris's memoir is excellent . He gives us a complete picture, in a fluent and highly readable account. . raises important questions, such as the power of the media . The good senator is redeemed by his bravery and wit. -- Eamonn Delaney Irish Independent Norris emerges in these pages as a figure who feels a passionate engagement with the world and is in possession of great moral seriousness. He is also very funny. . A Kick Against the Pricks is more than the account of an interesting life well lived. . He wishes to speak up for the idea of a life led by conscience, a life that made a difference to the world. . His autobiography is .a way of suggesting and evoking what a lone voice can do by remaining fearless and dutiful, by speaking up again and again, by learning to fail better, by losing neither a sense of humour nor a sense of purpose nor the skill, displayed with relish in this book, of taking real pleasure from life. -- Colm Toibin The Irish Times Much like the man himself, it's a witty, erudite, entertaining and provocative read. -- Olaf Tyransen Hot Press Author InformationSenator David Norris has been an Independent member of Seanad ireann since 1987. He won a historic constitutional challenge in 1988 to the laws criminalizing homosexuality in Ireland. Senator Norris was a candidate in the 2011 Irish presidential election. He is a former lecturer at Trinity College Dublin, a Joycean scholar, a conservationist and a passionate defender of human rights. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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