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Article: A man of faith. (Books).(Interesting Times: A Twentieth Century Life )(Book Review)
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- The National Interest
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- June 22, 2003
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Eric Hobsbawn, Interesting Times: A Twentieth Century Life (London: Penguin Books, 2002) 448 pp., $30.
ERIC Hobsbawm's Interesting Times is a highly readable and interesting autobiography, providing a wealth of information about the professional and (to a lesser extent) personal life of its author, as well as the times in which he lived. There is no shortage of revelations, intended and unintended.
Born in 1917, Hobsbawm has been a man of the Left throughout his long life. He has enjoyed an extraordinary global reputation in the academic world, foremost among left-leaning intellectuals and liberals. He has been showered with honors as a champion honorary ...