{"product_id":"the-collection-was-not-enough-the-savage-wit-and-hard-won-wisdom-of-bonar-thompson","title":"The Collection Was Not Enough: The Brilliant Writing of Bonar Thompson","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYobbery Under Arms \/ Pearls of Cut Price \/ Under the Black Hat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by mogtus-sanlux\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdited and introduced by Trevor Blake\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree paperbacks, 6 x 9\", 180 pp. each, matte covers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBonar Thompson’s writings have been gathered here in three modest, balanced volumes, each readable on its own and in any order. Together with his autobiography, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHyde Park Orator Illustrated\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, these books constitute the complete works of Bonar Thompson’s writing as now collected: the life, the speeches, the essays, the barbs, the boasts, the recollections, and the printed mischief of a man who could not be made useful to any faction for very long.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThompson was born in County Antrim, educated by appetite and argument, and made famous as one of Hyde Park’s great unlicensed voices. He was a conscientious objector, prisoner, pamphleteer, editor, broadcaster, performer, and comic egoist of the first rank. He passed through causes without becoming their property and spoke to crowds without flattering democracy’s opinion of itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaken together, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYobbery Under Arms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePearls of Cut Price\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnder the Black Hat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e restore Thompson as he deserves to be encountered: various, vain, funny, sharp, politically inconvenient, and gloriously unclassified. Readers who want the full Bonar Thompson should also add \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHyde Park Orator Illustrated\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, his extraordinary autobiography, to complete the set.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Underworld Amusements","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52404635140379,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0040\/0461\/0117\/files\/bONARbUNDLE.png?v=1782476798","url":"https:\/\/underworldamusements.com\/products\/the-collection-was-not-enough-the-savage-wit-and-hard-won-wisdom-of-bonar-thompson","provider":"Underworld Amusements","version":"1.0","type":"link"}