{"product_id":"the-gatekeeper-a-memoir-paperback-1","title":"The Gatekeeper: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerry Eagleton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOften scathingly funny, frequently tender, and always completely engaging, \u003ci\u003eThe Gatekeeper\u003c\/i\u003e is Terry Eagleton's memoirs, his deep-etched portraits of those who influenced him, either by example or by contrast: his father, headmasters, priests, and Cambridge dons. He was a shy, bookish, asthmatic boy keenly aware of social inferiority yet determined to make his intellectual way. \u003ci\u003eThe Gatekeeper\u003c\/i\u003e mixes the soberly serious with the downright hilarious, skewer-sharp satire with unashamed fondness, the personal with the political. Most of it all it reveals a young man learning to reconcile oppositions: a double-edged portrait of the intellectual as a young man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerry Eagleton\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of, among other books, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Theory\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Truth About the Irish\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written a novel, several plays, and the screenplay for Derek Jarman's film \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been Thomas Warton Professor of English at Oxford, and Fellow at St. Catherine's College, Oxford, and is currently Professor of Cultural Theory at Manchester University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 7.92 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47414569140445,"sku":"9780312316136","price":21.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/w9k7ddWjc79780312316136_de6e4afa-7a0d-4494-bd97-490f2465ef79.webp?v=1771197390","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-gatekeeper-a-memoir-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}