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Browsings
By (author) Michael Dirda
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Journalist Michael Kinsley has described Michael Dirda as “the best-read person in America,†then added “but he doesn’t rub it in.†Michael M. Thomas called him, in the New York Observer, “the best book critic in America."" Nevertheless, no one named Michael was involved when Dirda was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his reviews in the Washington Post or when his recent book, On Conan Doyle, picked up an Edgar award from the Mystery Writers of America. Dirda's latest volume collects fifty of his poignant and puissant essays about “the literary life.†The result is a celebration, a fan’s notes, the perfect gift for any booklover or for one’s own bedtime browsing. For readers who admire Janet Flanner, Joseph Mitchell, Edmund Wilson and M.F. K. Fisher, this volume is the ideal literary companion. As admirers of his earlier books will expect, there are annotated lists galore—of perfect book titles, great adventure novels, favorite words, essential books about books, beloved children’s classics, and, not least, a revealing peek at the titles Michael keeps on his own nightstand.
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Publisher | Pegasus Books
Published date | 15 Aug 2015
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 336
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 411g
ISBN | 978-1-6059-8844-3
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BISAC | literary criticism / general
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