The Raymond Tallis Reader

From the reviews of Enemies of Hope:

' Tallis. . . is a high achiever with a range of expertise that would leave Jonathan Miller gasping' - Walter Eltis, The Sunday Times

' As its title and length indicate, this is a Big Book. It is written, nevertheless, in a clear, accessible, unpretentious and often witty style. And as anyone familiar with Raymond Tallis' s other similar works knows, it has important things to say. .

. . . there is about his panoptic sweep an intrepidity, a candour and open-mindedness, a gameness for anything, a total lack of vanity or self-importance, and a generous hatred of cant, that are extremely engaging. Every page of Enemies of Hope is lit by its author' s characteristic wisdom and luminous intelligence, and by flashes of novel, striking insight. That alone is an much as to say, read it. ' - Robert Grant, The Times Literary Supplement

' Brilliantly argued and with a wide range of erudition' - Nicholas Kochan, The Financial Times