{"product_id":"after-the-tall-timber-9781474615907","title":"After the Tall Timber","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intelligent and exhilarating volume of collected non-fiction from the fearless literary icon Renata Adler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Nobody writes better prose than Renata Adler' John Leonard, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor decades Renata Adler - acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eSpeedboat\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePitch Dark\u003c\/i\u003e - has pursued a single urgent question: What is really going on here? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a staff writer at the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e from 1963 to 2001, Adler reported on the defining political and social events of the time, from civil rights in Alabama to the wars in Biafra and Vietnam; from the Watergate scandal to the Clinton impeachment inquiry. She wrote brilliantly too about films (as chief film critic for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), books, television and pop music. In every essay, Adler captures the cultural zeitgeist, distrusts the accepted wisdom and writes stories that would otherwise go untold. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter the Tall Timber\u003c\/i\u003e brings together twenty of Adler's essays - including previously uncollected work - to showcase her non-fiction at its very best.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction by Michael Wolff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781474615907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 23 Jun 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Orion Publishing Co\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.6(H)x12.8(L)x3.8(W)360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 360\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eRENATA ADLER was born in Milan and raised in Connecticut. She received a B.A. from Bryn Mawr, an M.A. from Harvard, a D.d E.S from the Sorbonne, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and an LL.D. (honorary) from Georgetown. Adler became a staff writer at the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e in 1963 and, except for a year as the chief film critic of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, remained at the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e for the next four decades. Her books include A YEAR IN THE DARK (1969); TOWARD A RADICAL MIDDLE (1970); RECKLESS DISREGARD: WESTMORELAND V. CBS ET AL., SHARON V. TIME (1986); CANARIES IN THE MINESHAFT (2001); GONE: THE LAST DAYS OF THE NEW YORKER (1999); IRREPARABLE HARM: THE U.S. SUPREME COURT AND THE DECISION THAT MADE GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENT (2004); and the novels SPEEDBOAT (1976; winner of the Ernest Hemingway Award for Best First Novel) and PITCH DARK (1983).\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Renata Adler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50574024114393,"sku":"9781474615907","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781474615907_8a30529b-4cd5-442a-ac5e-3f30adfb7d0e.jpg?v=1790774948","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/after-the-tall-timber-9781474615907","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}