The Complete Polysyllabic Spree

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Viking/Penquin
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2006
Edition:

Description: 277 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. This Covers Debuts, Blockbusters, Poems And Comics, Self-help(how To Stop Smoking And Stay Stopped For Good), Sports Biographies And Literary Letters, Classics And Science.

Publishers Description: So this is supposed to be about the how, and when, and why, and what of reading - about the way that, when reading is going well, one books leads to another and to another, a paper trail of theme and meaning; and how, when it's going badly, when books don't stick or take, when your mood and the mood of the book are fighting like cats, you'd rather do anything but attempt the next paragraph, or reread the last one for the tenth time'. In his monthly accounts of what he's read - along with what he may one day read - Nick Hornby ably explores everything from the classic to the graphic novel, as well as poems, plays, and sports-related exposes. And, if he occasionally implores a biographer for brevity, or abandons a literary work in favor of an Arsenal soccer match, then all is not lost. His writing, full of all the joy and surprise and despair that books bring him, reveals why we still read, even when there's soccer on TV, a pram in the hall, and a good band playing at our local bar.

ISBN: 9780670916665