This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

As the biography argues, he took political sketch-writing to a new level, invented sports commentary as we know it, and created the essay-form as practised by Clive James, Gore Vidal, and Michael Foot.

This edition contains some well-known essays, such as The Indian Jugglers and The Fight, but also some lesser known writings on politics, philosophy, and culture.