{"product_id":"9780571297825","title":"Memoirs of an Unjust Fella","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemoirs of an Unjust Fella\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1980, is the autobiography of James Maude Richards (1907-1992): a personal account from the heart of the twentieth century's high controversies over modern architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'The anonymity of a Times byline - 'Our Architectural Correspondent' - was, in some ways, the crowning achievement of [J.M. Richards'] public career. It made him the connection between architecture and the Establishment, a role for which he was peculiarly well fitted by background (Anglo-Irish, Church, Army and some land), training (Architectural Association School, plus practice in London, Ireland and North America) and professional experience as the editor of the \u003ci\u003eArchitectural Review \u003c\/i\u003eon and off since 1935. And he knew absolutely \u003ci\u003eeverybody\u003c\/i\u003e... Among the illustrations to \u003ci\u003eUnjust Fella\u003c\/i\u003e, there is a group photograph of the entire Modern Movement in architecture (the \u003ci\u003elot\u003c\/i\u003e, bar Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe), and there's Jim, modestly in the back row but practically in the middle.'\u003cbr\u003eReyner Banham, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103482265840,"sku":"9780571297825","price":20.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571297825_p0.jpg?v=1763719133","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571297825","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}