Black and white photographic illustrations, 332pp, very good paperback copy. "This collection of essays on A. Samad Ismail and a selection of his best articles were first published in 1987 as a volume of tribute to A. Samad Ismail on his 62nd birthday. The book is divided into two parts. The first part contains a collection of essays on A. Samad Ismail, written by people who have known the man personally.... Various aspects of him are vividly revealed ot us: his intellectual alertness and wide-ranging curiosity, his moral tenacity, the strength of his political convinction and the vitality and complexity of his personality. A generous selection of A. Samad Ismail's newspaper articles are included in the second part of the book". From the blurb. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 133513).