A Life in Our Times

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The richly adventurous memoirs of one of the most dazzling public figures to dominate the American scene over the last decades

"As a raconteur and a literary stylist he stands with the best... As entertainment, the book is a total success." — The New York Times Book Review

"Absorbing and irresistible." — The New Yorker

"A highly perceptive commentary on all our yesterdays ... anecdotal, amusing, animated and above all, illuminating." — John Barkham Reviews

"An enjoyable book, full of fun, full of wisdom, and full of rare insights into the history of our times." — The New Republic

"A delightfully teeming book ... [John Kenneth] Galbraith's comic voice is a distinctive and durable literary achievement." — Atlantic Monthly