| Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books Contributor(s): Hornby, Nick (Author) |
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ISBN: 1940450365 ISBN-13: 9781940450360 Publisher: McSweeney's OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading |
| Dewey: 028.909 |
| Physical Information: 1.75" H x 6.13" W x 8.88" (1.55 lbs) 464 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How often do you begin reading a book that makes you--immediately, urgently, desperately--want to read more books?" (Booklist). Nick Hornby has managed to write just such a book in this hilarious, insightful, and infectious volume. Ten Years in the Tub chronicles Hornby's journey through a decade's worth of books, as related in his wildly popular Believer column "Stuff I've Been Reading." Ten Years in the Tub is a one-way ticket into the mind of one of the most beloved contemporary writers on his favorite pastime, but it's also a meditation on what Celine Dion can teach us about ourselves, a warning about how John Updike can ruin our sex lives, and a recommendation for the way Body Shop Vanilla Shower Gel can add excitement to our days. This decade-long addiction for many... makes standing in line at the bank a blessed interval for snorting another page." (the New York Times Book Review) |