{"product_id":"9781448206384","title":"Games with Shadows","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eGames with Shadows\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Neal Ascherson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully written, intelligent and provocative reflections on the world scene as Ascherson looks first at the painful business of being English in a period of decline marked by public nastiness and private confusion. He goes on to attack - in an important and original series of arguments -the politics of 'Stonehenge': the UK's archaic and undemocratic constitution, and finally examines the temptations of state power in Mrs Thatcher's decade. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNext, Ascherson takes us on a personal tour of Europe, 'the barbaric continent', exposing some ugly hatred and memories lurking beneath the cultured surface; he writes movingly about the courage and sacrifice that nations at their best can draw out. His meditations on Eastern Europe, 'Waltzing With Molotov', are exemplary for their critical sympathy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the book's final section, a vivid and memorable collection of sectarians, spies, traitors, heroes, monsters and victims reveals a lot about fear and hope in the closing years of this dangerous century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781448206384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Reader","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40597582741710,"sku":"9781448206384","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781448206384","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}