"The life story of one of the most admired and controversial public intellectuals of our time"--Provided by publisher.

Prologue with premonitions -- Yvonne -- The Commander -- Fragments from an education -- Cambridge -- The sixties: revolution in the revolution -- Chris or Christopher? -- Havana versus Prague -- The Fenton factor -- Martin -- Portugal to Poland -- A second identity: on becoming an (Anglo) American -- Changing places -- Salman -- Mesopotamia from both sides -- Something of myself -- Thinking thrice about the Jewish question -- Edward Said in light and shade (and Saul) -- Decline, mutation, or metamorphosis?