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”Whatever you do, don’t write a memoir.”A bittersweet memoir by a master of comedy.How does an English nuclear physicist become both a Finnish tv-comedy writer and the House Director of Finland's largest theatre? And why? Is his private life full of laughter? (Answer: no. That's the secret of his comedy.) And what did Spede Pasanen and Jouko Turkka have in common? (Answer: they both hated Neil ... Read more

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”Whatever you do, don’t write a memoir.”A bittersweet memoir by a master of comedy.How does an English nuclear physicist become both a Finnish tv-comedy writer and the House Director of Finland's largest theatre? And why? Is his private life full of laughter? (Answer: no. That's the secret of his comedy.) And what did Spede Pasanen and Jouko Turkka have in common? (Answer: they both hated Neil
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#1 New York Times Bestseller: This Irish writer's memoir is "a beautiful exploration of human loneliness and happiness, of contentment and longing" (Alice McDermott, The Washington Post).One of nine children born into a penniless North Dublin family, Nuala O'Faolain was saved from a harrowing childhood by her love of books and reading. Though she ultimately became one of Ireland's best-known ... Read more

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Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?

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Finalist for the NBCC Award for Criticism'Nothing about Jenny Diski is conventional. Diski does not do linear, or normal, or boring ... highly intelligent, furiously funny' Sunday Times'Funny, heartbreaking, insightful and wise' Emilia Clarke'She expanded notions about what nonfiction, as an art form, could do and could be' New YorkerJenny Diski was a fearless writer, for w... ... Read more

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The Year of Reading Dangerously

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"[A] fanciful, endearing account of his experiences tackling classic works of fiction. . . . There is plenty of hilarity in [this] intimate literary memoir." — Publishers WeeklyNearing his fortieth birthday, author and critic Andy Miller realized he's not nearly as well read as he'd like to be. A devout book lover who somehow fell out of the habit of reading, he began to ponder the power of books ... Read more

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What Writers Read

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