C. L. R. James A Life by Farrukh Dhondy ISBN 13: 9780297646136

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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Very Good/Very Good. 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0297646133 CLR James will be remembered wherever cricket is played, yet his career is enigmatic. Farrukh Dhondy's new biography sets out to decode the enigma and unravel the long journey James made from Trinidad to Brixton. CLR James was a marxist philosopher, intent on paper at least on world revolution. But later in life, he rejected the incendiary rhetoric of his youth. He was an unabashed elitist, but at the same time fought discrimination of any sort. Farrukh draws on his friendship with CLR James, which began when James was already an old man and continued until his death at the age of 89. He assesses the contribution James made to modern political thinking and to the growth of Black consciousness. He celebrates his love of cricket and shows how the concepts of fair play and gamesmanship could and did become the abiding principles of a .

Pantheon Books, 2001. Hardcover. Good.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. xv 190pp hardback, brown boards gilt in wrapper, very good in a very good wrapper . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2001.

Orion Publishing Group, Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2001. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xv + 190 pages. Cyril Lionel Robert James (1901-1989) will be remembered for as long as cricket is played anywhere in the world. He was an Afro-Trinidadian historian, journalist, socialist theorist and essayist. His works are influential in various theoretical, social, and historiographical contexts. Farrukh Dhondy's biography traces James's long career and many reinventions, and assesses the contribution he made to Marxism, to the development of Black consciousness in Britain, and celebrates his love of cricket. Throughout the book, Dhondy draws on his friendship with James. 16. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.