THE COMPLETE POLYSYLLABIC SPREE

In his monthly accounts of what he's read along with what he may one day read Nick Hornby brilliantly explores everything from t he classic to the graphic novel, as well as poems, plays, sports books and other kinds of non-fiction. If he occasionally implores a biographer for brevity, or abandons a literary work in favour of an Arsenal match, then all is not lost. His writing, full of all t he joy and surprise and despair that books bring him, reveals why we still read, even when there's football on TV, a pram in the hal l or a goo...[Read more]