{"product_id":"our-culture-whats-left-of-it-the-mandarins-and-the-masses-9781566637213","title":"Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses","description":"This new collection of essays by the author of \u003ci\u003eLife at the Bottom\u003c\/i\u003e bears the unmistakable stamp of Theodore Dalrymple's bracingly clearsighted view of the human condition. In these pieces, Dr. Dalrymple ranges over literature and ideas, from Shakespeare to Marx, from the breakdown of Islam to the legalization of drugs. Here is a book that restores our faith in the central importance of literature and criticism to our civilization. \"Theodore Dalrymple is the best doctor-writer since William Carlos Williams.\"-Peggy Noonan. Includes \"When Islam Breaks Down,\" named the best journal article of 2004 by David Brooks of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheodore Dalrymple is a British doctor and writer who has worked on four continents and now practices in a British inner-city hospital and a prison. He has written a column for the \u003ci\u003eLondon Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e for thirteen years and is a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eCity Journal\u003c\/i\u003e in the United States. His earlier collection of essays, \u003ci\u003eLife at the Bottom\u003c\/i\u003e, was widely praised.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rlpg\/Galleys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50676545028370,"sku":"9781566637213","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3e9d6262-db9b-462e-90f8-87bb25caaecc.jpg?v=1733881979","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/our-culture-whats-left-of-it-the-mandarins-and-the-masses-9781566637213","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}