To Keep the Ball Rolling: The Memoirs of Anthony Powell

The life reflections of a highly literate Englishman. Famous names are scattered throughout the text, arising naturally from the various circles Anthony Powell found himself within over his long and productive life. Anyone with an interest in the book trade and art of writing, or in English writers of the past century, should certainly be urged to read these memoirs. I especially liked Mr. Powell's close of life lessons, advice drawn from a small incident involving Michaelangelo.

To earn the reputation of a literary giant within the generation of Waugh, Orwell, and Greene is no mean feat. To do so with the grace and genius that characterized Anthony Powell...is nothing short of spectacular. This book of Powell's memoirs is the first one-volume collection to be published in America. The reviews for this book are glowing. "Powell was indeed a literary giant, and eminently deserving of the praise that was lavished upon him."- The Wall Street Journal. "A Master of wit, paradox, and social delineation."- The New York Times. "[Powell was] more fun than Proust, and at least as true to human nature."- John Perry, Salon Magazine