Judging a Book by Its Lover: A Field Guide to the Hearts and Minds of Readers Everywhere Contributor(s): Leto, Lauren (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062070142 ISBN-13: 9780062070142 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Humor | Form - Essays - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Performing Arts | Comedy |
Dewey: 818.602 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (0.45 lbs) 288 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "Leto is as funny as she is well-read; a delight for bibliophiles and wannabes alike." Lauren Leto, humor blogger and co-author of Texts from Last Night, now offers a fascinating field guide to the hearts and minds of readers everywhere. Judging a Book by Its Lover is like a literary Sh*t My Dad Says--an unrelentingly witty and delightfully irreverent guide to the intricate world of passionate literary debate, at once skewering and celebrating great writers, from Dostoevsky to Ayn Rand to Jonathan Franzen, and all the people who read them. This provocative, smart, and addictively funny tome arose out of Leto's popular "book porn" blog posts, and it will delight and outrage literature fans, readers of Stuff White People Like and I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar--people obsessed with literary culture and people fed up with literary culture--in equal measure. |
Contributor Bio(s): Leto, Lauren: - Lauren Leto dropped out of law school to start the popular humor blog "Texts from Last Night." She co-authored the book Texts from Last Night: All the Texts No One Remembers Sending. She lives in Brooklyn. |