In Search of Isaiah Berlin

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The new perspective on an important intellectual figure is of great value. * Publishers Weekly * A touching and often fascinating memoir ... Hardy has done much to preserve the ideas and, indeed, the memory of an extraordinary man for posterity. * Literary Review * The intellectual thrill of the accuracy of a footnote is the stuff of this work. * The Irish Times * Written with passion, wit, and verve, [...] an invitation to reread a major thinker whose ideas remain relevant today. * Los Angeles Review of Books * A hugely enjoyable and accessible account of the relationship between the two men. * Jewish Chronicle * A wonderful book on a wonderful subject. Henry Hardy, the main editor of Isaiah Berlin, has invented a new genre, a sort of "making-of" for academic publishing. * The Berlin Review of Books * A concise yet comprehensive account of Isaiah Berlin's thinking. * The Browser * An extraordinary book, In Search of Isaiah Berlin relates the story of a twentyfive-year collaboration between Isaiah Berlin and his editor, Henry Hardy, told via previously unpublished letters that are as delightful as they are revealing of Berlin's personality and ideas. Henry Hardy's special vantage point as Berlin's long-standing editor makes In Search of Isaiah Berlin a peculiarly authentic and vivid picture of the twentieth century's greatest liberal thinker.