NB by J. C.: A Walk through the Times Literary Supplement

NB by J. C., a collection of James Campbell's best columns from the TLS, is a guide to the literary pleasures and absurdities of the past two decades.

The Introduction offers a history of the TLS from its beginnings through its precarious stages of adaptation and survival.

For over twenty years, James Campbell wrote the popular NB column on the back page of The Times Literary Supplement, signing it "J. C." The initials were not intended as a disguise, but to provide freedom to the persona. "J...