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Book Synopsis"An engaging invitation to rediscover Henry Miller--and to learn how his anarchist sensibility can help us escape "the air-conditioned nightmare" of the modern world"--Amazon.com.
Trade Review"In
On Henry Miller . . . John Burnside shifts the focus from Henry Miller’s unsavoury legacy to the politics of his aesthetics, seeking to draw our attention to 'that most misunderstood of figures, the philosophical, earth-loving pagan anarchist.'"
---Merve Fejzula, Times Literary Supplement"Burnside’s provocative study makes a strong case for Henry Miller as a romantic anarchist comparable, on the basis of the evidence provided here, to Rachel Carson, Henry David Thoreau, and Walt Whitman." * Publishers Weekly *
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On Henry Miller is a considered, moving account of how this flawed but much mis-read writer thought, and of what he still offers, philosophically and politically."
---Guy Stevenson, Literary Review"By using his own commendable self as an example, Burnside opens up new avenues of appreciation for us all."
---Dennis Zhou, The Spectator"Praise for John Burnside: "A master of language.""
---Hilary Mantel, London Review of Books"Praise for John Burnside: "Quite simply, he is a wonderful writer.""
---Eileen Battersby, Irish Times"Praise for John Burnside: "A brilliant poet, a brilliant memoirist, and a brilliant novelist.""
---Christina Patterson, The Independent"Praise for John Burnside: "A writer of manifest and manifold talent.""
---Adam O’Riordan, Sunday Telegraph
