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title: "Not With a Bang But a Whimper: The Politics & Culture of Decline"
brand: "theodore dalrymple"
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# Not With a Bang But a Whimper: The Politics & Culture of Decline

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- **What is this?** Not With a Bang But a Whimper: The Politics & Culture of Decline by theodore dalrymple
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## Customer Reviews

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    Stimulating but so painfully pessimistic
  

*by D***T on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 September 2018*

I found these essays sharp and thought provoking, but my goodness, the author doesn't half lay it on thick. His criticisms of things like the welfare state, liberal culture and modern politics are cutting and make many stark points- but you can't help feeling that his world view is tainted with extreme pessimism coloured by years working with those at the bottom. I enjoyed the dismantling of Tony Blair and thoughtful reflections in the German nation, for example, but elsewhere I found his analysis oppressively  one sided, like a kind of professor of Daily Mail readers. I just finished the book wishing that such an obviously gifted mind could find a few more solutions or just the odd chink of light

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    One of the best critiques of modern culture
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 January 2019*

Eloquent and witty, with a classical education that is increasingly rare, Dalrymple (who could only be criticized for choosing this name) creates the necessary connections between high culture and low, so as to make manifest the moral decadence that is all around us, yet so often missed. After reading it I understood that my life had been like a fish in water, who can never understand that drowning is still a possibility...

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    Great book
  

*by M***H on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 May 2012*

This is an excellent read with the author expressing his views on many topics in an interesting and very candid manner. It's the first book that I have read by this author but it won't be the last. i would certainly recommend this book to anyone wanting a good read that will also make you think.

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