{"product_id":"round-about-midnight","title":"Round About Midnight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTK-page paperback \/ 5.5\" x 8.5\" \/ ISBN 9781589882249\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublication Date: 5\/11\/2027 (available for preorder)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the course of a decade, James Campbell wrote nearly fifty profiles for \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e. In \u003cem\u003eRound About Midnight\u003c\/em\u003e, he has collected and reworked seven of them—Seamus Heaney, V. S. Naipaul, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Hilary Mantel, Shirley Hazzard, J. G. Ballard, and Gore Vidal—along with three memoir-essays about literary figures that he knew personally, James Baldwin, Eddie Linden, and Jim Haynes. Taken together, these profiles and essays offer a view on to a literary landscape which the attention-sapping deluge of gadgetry and tech has made hazier in the intervening years. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR JAMES CAMPBELL'S BOOKS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"James Campbell has ably blended both scholarship and personal recollection.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e―\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eTalking at the Gates\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Immensely readable, serious, careful, and informed.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e―\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe \u003c\/em\u003eon \u003cem\u003eTalking at the Gates\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A uniquely personal miscellany of wit, weirdness, and waspish provocation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Michael Dirda, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/em\u003eon \u003cem\u003eNB by J. C.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A spirited tale of an unconventional road to adulthood, livelihood, and the world of literature.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e―\u003cem\u003eBooklist \u003c\/em\u003eon \u003cem\u003eJust Go Down to the Road\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A witty and insightful look at a fascinating, romantic land by a native son.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e―\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/em\u003eon \u003cem\u003eInvisible Country\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Campbell's\u003c\/strong\u003e books include \u003cem\u003eInvisible Country: A Journey through Scotland, Gate Fever: Voices from a Prison, Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin, Just Go Down to the Road\u003c\/em\u003e (Paul Dry Books, 2022), and \u003cem\u003eNB by J. C.\u003c\/em\u003e (Paul Dry Books, 2023). For many years he was an editor and columnist at the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement.\u003c\/em\u003e He lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50557860577520,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0446\/9005\/files\/9781589882249_FC.jpg?v=1790796250","url":"https:\/\/www.pauldrybooks.com\/en-au\/products\/round-about-midnight","provider":"Paul Dry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}