The Polysyllabic Spree: A Hilarious and True Account of One Man's Struggle with the Monthly Tide of the Books He's Bought and the Books He's B
Books are, let's face it, better than everything else, writes Nick Hornby in his Stuff I've Been Reading column in The Believer. If we played cultural Fantasy Boxing League, and made books go 15 rounds in the ring against the best that any other art form had to offer, then books would win pretty much every time. Go on, try it. The Magic Flute v. Middlemarch? Middlemarch in six. The Last Supper v. Crime and Punishment? Fyodor on point And every now and again you'd get a shock, because that happens in sport, so Back to the Future III might land a lucky punch on Rabbit, Run; but I'm still backing literature 29 times out of 30. This book collects…
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- ISBN: 978-1-932416-24-4
- EAN: 9781932416244
- Produktnummer: 28035393
- Verlag: Mcsweeneys Believer Magazine
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 230 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.2 cm x D1.4 cm 216 g
- Gewicht: 216
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Nick Hornby is the best-selling author of High Fidelity, About a Boy, How to Be Good, Fever Pitch, and Songbook. He lives in London.
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