THE COMPLETE POLYSYLLABIC SPREE

A collection of Nick Hornby’s ‘Stuff I’ve Been Reading’ columns from the Believer magazine. In his monthly accounts of what he`s read - along with what he may one day read - Nick Hornby brilliantly explores everything from the classic to the graphic novel, as well as poems, plays, sports books and other kinds of non-fiction. And 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 the joy and surprise and despair that books bring him, reveals why we still read, even when there`s football on TV or a good band playing at our local pub.