As the first book-length study of Nicholas Mosley, The Paradox of
Freedom combines a discussion of the author's incredible biography with
an investigation of his writing, nearly all of which is published by
Dalkey Archive Press.
The son of Oswald Mosley (the leader of Britain's fascistic
Blackshirts), a British Lord, a Christian convert, a war veteran, a
voracious reader, and an important thinker, Nicholas Mosley has, this
book argues, employed all of these experiences and ideas in novels and
memoirs that seek to describe the paradoxical nature of freedom: how can
man be free when limiting structures are necessary? Can it be achieved,
and how?
The answer lies in the books themselves, in the ways telling and
re-telling stories allows one to escape the seemingly logical bounderies
of life and discover new meanings and possibilities. This is a
much-needed companion to the work of one of Britain's most important
post-War writers.