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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Books read in 2021 #37 - “The Best of A.A. Gill” by A.A. Gill. As a young man Adrian Gill’s dyslexia was so bad he was classified as functionally illiterate, his early adult years were lost to alcoholism. Then he discovered a talent for expressing himself through words and a love for food. We first came across him in his early days as the food critic for The Sunday Times. His reviews of places we’d never eat in and food we’d never try were the first thing we read. A.A.Gill grew to be one of British journalism’s best. A man who told it like he saw it, wasn’t afraid to pull his punches, and was unapologetic about his own life and views. This volume collects his best writing in food, television, travel, life, and most movingly his cause celebre- the global refugee crisis. It ranges from cynical truths, to outrage, as well as the humorous, and heart-warming. An excellent celebration of an honest man. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
For over twenty years, people turned to A. A. Gill's columns every Sunday - for his fearlessness, his perception, and the laughter-and-tear-provoking one-liners - but mostly because he was the best. 'By miles the most brilliant journalist of our age', as Lynn Barber put it. This is the definitive collection ofa voice that was silenced too early but that can still make us look at the world in new and surprising ways.In the words of Andrew Marr, A..A. Gill was 'a golden writer'. There was nothing that he couldn't illuminate with his dazzling prose. Wherever he was - at home or abroad - he found the human story, brought it to vivid life, and rendered it with fierce honesty and bracing compassion. And he was just as truthful about himself. There have been various collections of A. A. Gill's journalism - individual compilations of his restaurant and TV criticism, of his travel writing and his extraordinary feature articles. This book will collect examples of the very best of his work: the peerlessly funny criticism, the extraordinarily knowledgeable food writing, assignments throughout the world, and reflections on life, love, and death. Drawn from a range of publications, including the Sunday Times, Vanity Fair, Tatler and Australian Gourmet Traveller, TheIvyCookbook and his books on England and America, it will be by turns hilarious, uplifting, controversial, unflinching, sad, funny and furious. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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A. A. Gill was a one of a kind. His writing is exceptional his humor is delightful and his insights especially around subjects he was passionate about were beyond compare.
Yes the collection has some restaurant reviews but not the ones where he skewers everything about the dining experience. His take on Starbucks is quite amusing, I still think he was one of the top travel writers ever, his story on Monte Carlo is hysterical, his travels to many other locations are not funny at all and will likely hit you where it hurts and remind you how fortunate we are to be born in a modern first world country, but what seals this book as being superb is when he takes it to a personal level.
How many people would be brave enough to write a newspaper column and discuss
1. Their alcoholism and the time spent in rehab.
2. Their dyslexia
3. Their going to the doctor, finding they have cancer, starting Chemo and being told it’s too late.
The world lost an amazing man the day this author died. ( )