Koestler, Arthur (Vol. 1) | Koestler, Arthur 1905–
Koestler, Arthur 1905–
A Hungarian-born British writer, Koestler is best known for his novel, Darkness at Noon. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1-4, rev. ed.)
For a condemned man, Arthur Koestler has a remarkably healthy appetite. The bizarre quality of [The Ghost in the Machine] lies in the contrast between the first part, in which he defends with gusto the humanity of man, and the second part, in which he predicts our imminent self-destruction due to an inherent flaw in our make-up. He ends by pinning his hopes to a last-minute reprieve in the form of a hypothetical pill which would put us to rights by altering the chemistry of our brains.
John Davy, "The Great Chain of Being," in The Observer, October 15, 1967, p. 26.
Arthur Koestler has written in Hungarian and German, as well as English, and his novels have always been about the problems of revolutions, the ways...
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