Outside Looking In
  • Published: 27 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9780143119890
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $38.00

Outside Looking In

Adventures of an Observer

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A captivating memoir from the incomparable Garry Wills, "one of the country's most distinguished intellectuals" (The New York Times Book Review)Illuminating and provocative, Outside Looking In is a compelling chronicle of an original thinker at work in remarkable times. With his dazzling style and journalist's eye for detail, Garry Wills brings history to life. Whether writing about the civil rights movement, 1960s protests, or close-up studies of the people who have shaped our world, only he could bring together in one book Barry Goldwater, Daniel Berrigan, Beverly Sills, Richard Nixon, and John Waters. Wills shares, as only the best raconteurs can, stories of the fascinating people he has closely observed during more than fifty years of reporting.
  • Published: 27 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9780143119890
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $38.00
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Praise for Outside Looking In

"Entirely fascinating."  --The Washington Times "Garry Wills is not only one of the country's most distinguished intellectuals but also one of its most provacative." --The New York Times Book Review "A completely captivating collection . . . [Wills] writes an intensely opinionated reevaluation of leaders he has encountered, autobiographical reminiscences, and insightful, mostly admiring essays on imporant people in his life." --Publisher's Weekly (starred review)