{"product_id":"9780571325016","title":"Passion and Cunning: and Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eConor Cruise O'Brien's brilliant and hugely controversial 1965 essay on the political convictions of W. B. Yeats is the title-piece for this superb 1988 collection of pieces on politics, religion, nationalism and terrorism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'O'Brien is a man of strong views, and he writes with verve and wit. Agree with him or not, one reads him with enjoyment.' \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[\u003ci\u003ePassion and Cunning\u003c\/i\u003e] displays once again [O'Brien's] wonderful range of talents: a beautiful command of the language, gentle wit and coruscating satire, shrewd political judgment and a raking critical power. O'Brien is, moreover, a critic against all-comers, his spiky guns pointing in all directions: woe betide anyone incautious enough to presume that O'Brien is on their 'side'. . . O'Brien believes in all manner of good causes, but his own independence is finally what he cares about most.' R. W. Johnson, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123891421424,"sku":"9780571325016","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571325016_p0.jpg?v=1763719963","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571325016","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}