![]() illuminates the complete story of a brilliant intellectual who gave his life to the Communist important work about a generation that was like no other and a man who was a giant of his time. Ivor Gaber, Tribune a complete picture of a truly dedicated revolutionary.extensive and meticulously researched. Andrews writes well.Andrews paints a very human picture of Klugmann.impressive book. Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian fascinating.admirably detailed account. Tom Buchanan, Professor of Modern British and European History, University of Oxford In his illuminating, sympathetic, but far from sycophantic, biography of Klugmann, a leading member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, Geoff Andrews paints a picture of a troubled intellectual who sacrificed his integrity through rigid devotion to the party. This fascinating biography illuminates the world of the mid-twentieth century Communist intellectuals: the idealism that motivated them, and the choices that they had to make. ![]() Alan Judd, Literary Review Geoff Andrews has done a fine job in piecing together the story. Geoff Andrews has done his research.well-written and thought-provoking account. A fascinating study of the intellectual and moral ossification that can result from an addiction to dogma.
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