Britain and the West are mired in a culture of untruth, wilful blindness and ideologically-motivated deceit, argues Theodore Dalrymple in this collection of brilliant and beautifully-written essays. This has had a variety of effects - some trivial, others less so. From political correctness among doctors to the ruinous failures of the World Health Organisation, from riots in London to sex changes for 12-year-olds, from the end of free speech to the strange fury of evangelical atheists, and from the collapse of our bubble economy to the failure of the criminal justice system, it all goes back to the death of honesty.
Praise for Theodore Dalrymple: 'The harsh truths he tells are all the more shocking because the media, in general, is unwilling to tell them' - Daily Telegraph
'He actually cares about the people at the bottom of the social heap while public sector jobsworths and slimy politicians only pretend to' - Daily Express
'A rare voice of truth' - The Spectator
'He could not be further from the stereotype of the 'little Englander' conservative… he is arguably our greatest living essayist' - Standpoint
Praise for Theodore Dalrymple: 'The harsh truths he tells are all the more shocking because the media, in general, is unwilling to tell them' - Daily Telegraph
'He actually cares about the people at the bottom of the social heap while public sector jobsworths and slimy politicians only pretend to' - Daily Express
'A rare voice of truth' - The Spectator
'He could not be further from the stereotype of the 'little Englander' conservative… he is arguably our greatest living essayist' - Standpoint
