A Life in Our Times: Memoirs

About this book

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