{"product_id":"for-the-time-being-dirk-bogarde-9781448208289","title":"For the Time Being: Collected Journalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1998, \u003cem\u003eFor the Time Being\u003c\/em\u003e brings together virtually all of Dirk Bogarde's published work outside of his novels and autobiographies, with a specially written introduction and new reflections on several of the pieces.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1988, Dirk Bogarde returned from two idyllic decades in France to live in England, due to his partner's serious illness. Shortly afterwards, the then Literary Editor of the \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, admiring the 'lucid frankness' of Bogarde's memoirs, invited him to review some books for the newspaper.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This collection includes the famous article 'A Short Walk from Harrods', which Bogarde wrote for the \u003cem\u003eIndependent on Sunday \u003c\/em\u003esoon after returning to London. In it he describes what it feels like to walk among familiar ghosts and to dine with those he considers 'the living dead'. A momentous review of three Holocaust books is accompanied by an article in which he describes the extraordinary postbag he received from its readers. In another piece which had a profound impact, he gives forceful vent to his support for euthanasia.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It stands as a testimony to a wonderfully varied life, a wide range of interests and sympathies, and a remarkable gift for writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dirk Bogarde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1448208289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781448208289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.79d","brand":"Dirk Bogarde","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986237882623,"sku":"9781448208289","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f39ef301-14f4-4995-98a5-c98c7c0e6577.jpg?v=1683282165","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/for-the-time-being-dirk-bogarde-9781448208289","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}