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OverviewJonathan Meades is the widely acclaimed author of Pompey, Museum Without Walls (20k copies) and An Encyclopaedia of Myself described as 'a masterpiece' by the Financial Times, and shortlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize among many others. His numerous films for the BBC are legendary, covering a vast range of subjects from jargon to the architecture of Fascism. This book assembles the best of Meades's as yet uncollected writing from the past thirty years. For fans of A. A. Gill (The Best Of, Lines in the Sand), Owen Hatherley (Trans-Europe Express, A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain), Christopher Hitchins (Arguably) and Martin Amis (The War Against Clich, The Rub of Time). Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jonathan MeadesPublisher: Unbound Imprint: Unbound ISBN: 9781783529506ISBN 10: 1783529504 Pages: 992 Publication Date: 18 March 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews'Ought to become a classic. It is an enshrinement of [Meades's] intense baroque end catholic cleverness' Roger Lewis, The Times 'There are more gems in this wonderful book than I could cram into a dozen of these columns' Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph 'This vast compendium has something to inform, amuse, shock or repulse on nearly every page' Paul Finch, Architects' Journal 'Ought to become a classic. It is an enshrinement of [Meades's] intense baroque end catholic cleverness' Roger Lewis, The Times 'There are more gems in this wonderful book than I could cram into a dozen of these columns' Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph 'Almost too heavy to hold, nothing about the book is user-friendly. But then, as Meades puts it, who wants friendliness from books or from buildings? . . . Meades has sought to make a book shaped like his beloved Blenheim Palace: brutalist, arrogant; a moving finger' Frances Wilson, TLS 'This vast compendium has something to inform, amuse, shock or repulse on nearly every page' Paul Finch, Architects' Journal Author InformationJonathan Meades is a writer, journalist, essayist and film-maker. He is the author of Filthy English, Peter Knows What Dick Likes, The Fowler Family Business, Museum Without Walls and Pompey. In 2014, he published the first volume of his autobiography, An Encyclopaedia of Myself. His many films for the BBC include Abroad in Britain, Meades Eats, Meades on France, The Joy of Essex, Bunkers, Brutalism and Bloodymindedness and, most recently, Franco Building. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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