The Complete Polysyllabic Spree

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. 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 a pram in the hall or a good band playing at our local pub.