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Arrow in the Blue by Arthur Koestler

asuph's review

5.0

Sometimes I think Koestler should be compulsory reading in mid-school, no later. What a better source for learning history. Koestler has lived many lives, with each life more interesting than most people. But that's not all. It's the way he investigates his political belief system with such a fine comb that it gives insights into the whole nature of dogma. And while in his case it was communism, I'm sure it's as relevant for capitalism, objectivism, xyz-ism. It's sad that Koestler wrote about it in a time when the intellectuals were looking towards left. But to think that this book has hardly any reviews on Amazon, hell, it's not even available in paperback, is not just shocking, it's sad. For there is so much in Koestler that's relevant to us today, as it was then, and as it would be tomorrow.

This one is the first part of his biography covering his early life, and leaves us at a critical juncture -- to be continued in Invisible Writing, the second part of the saga that is Koestler's extraordinary life -- full of events, more exciting than many Hollywood action films. It's truly an amazing book, that aught to be read by many many more.