The Polysyllabic Spree
 

The Polysyllabic Spree

by Nick Hornby


"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... (read more)

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  • Aimeesue

    aimeesue said:

    I love Nick horby's thoughts about books and the reading life. Love how, as in our real day to day lives, the outcomes sometimes wind up far from our intentions, especially when it comes to working our way through the ever growing TBR pile. Very funny, and it got me to read David Copperfield!

    posted Saturday, August 11 2007
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