“C.L.R. James: Mid
Off, Not Right On”
Hitchens’ review of C.
L. R. James: Cricket, the Caribbean and the World Revolution, by Farrukh
Dhondy.
Another English writer (also, in this case an expat from Trinidad) and devotee to Communism. Was not interested at all until I got to the section of the essay about CLR’s devotion to cricket (the title of the essay refers to a defensive alignment). His book, Beyond a Boundary (1963) sounds great, “…his partly autobiographical study of the subject, is a lyrical account of both the aesthetics of batsmanship and the bonding and exemplary role played by cricket in the development of the West Indies.” Will add to my reading list.
Another English writer (also, in this case an expat from Trinidad) and devotee to Communism. Was not interested at all until I got to the section of the essay about CLR’s devotion to cricket (the title of the essay refers to a defensive alignment). His book, Beyond a Boundary (1963) sounds great, “…his partly autobiographical study of the subject, is a lyrical account of both the aesthetics of batsmanship and the bonding and exemplary role played by cricket in the development of the West Indies.” Will add to my reading list.
James with cricket gear in Barbados.
New Learning: Evidently, James is the inspiration for the
character Lebrun in V.S. Naipaul’s 1994 novel, A Way in the World…also one to add to the reading list.
New phrase: plus anglais que les Anglais = more english than
the English
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