Quote by: James Buchan

My belief, for what it is worth, is that city dwellers cannot understand the world. Insulated from reality by complex and expert systems of provision and police, baffled by fashion and spectacle, city dwellers can distinguish neither the sources of their existence nor the consequences.


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Author Bio


  • NameJames Buchan
  • DescriptionBritish writer
  • BornJune 11, 1954
  • ProfessionJournalist; Novelist