The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists

Canongate Books, 2001. Good second-hand condition.

A diary is an assassin's cloak which we wear when we stab a comrade in the back with a pen...This gloriously serendipitous gathering of diarists provides wonderfully diverse comments on virtually everything under the sun... a substantial treasury to dip into for years and years, to inspire new thoughts and enlighten all dullness. It amply fills a gap in the classics of English-language anthologies... A sumptuos feast. This inspired anthology of diary entries, selected chiefly for their honesty, is relentlessly thought-provoking...