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More Baths Less Talking
Nick Hornby
其他書名
Notes from the Reading Life of a Celebrated Author Locked in Battle with Football, Family, and Time
出版McSweeney's, 2012-08-21
主題Literary Criticism / Books & ReadingHumor / Form / EssaysLiterary Collections / Essays
ISBN19380734019781938073403
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Fzv2BQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋“Read what you enjoy, not what bores you,” Nick Hornby tells us. That simple, liberating, and indispensable directive animates each installment of the celebrated critic and author’s monthly column in the Believer. In this delightful and never-musty tour of his reading life, Hornby tells us not just what to read, but how to read.

Whether tackling a dismayingly bulky biography of Dickens while his children destroy something in the next room, or getting sucked into a serious assessment of Celine Dion during an intensely fought soccer match featuring his beloved Arsenal, or devouring an entire series of children’s books while on vacation, Hornby’s reviews are rich, witty, and occasionally madcap. These essays capture the joy and ire, the despair and exhilaration of the book-lover’s life, and will appeal equally to both monocle-wearing salonnieres and people, like him, who spend a lot of time thinking about Miley Cyrus’s next role.