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The unexpected professor : an Oxford life in books / John Carey.
Publication details: London : Faber and Faber, 2014.Description: xii, 361 pages ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780571310920 (hardback)
- 0571310923 (hardback)
- Oxford life in books
- 378.42574092 23
- LB1778.4
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 378.425 CAR | Available | 057449 |
Total reserves: 0
Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected.
