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The year of reading dangerously

Paperback • 2014 • English

The year of reading dangerously: how fifty great books (and two not-so-great ones) saved my life

By Andy Miller

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About the book

A working father whose life no longer feels like his own discovers the transforming powers of great (and downright terrible) literature in this laugh-out-loud memoir. Andy Miller had a job he quite liked, a family he loved, and no time at all for reading. Or so he kept telling himself. But, no matter how busy or tired he was, something kept niggling at him. Books. Books he'd always wanted to read. Books he'd said he'd read that he actually hadn't. Books that whispered the promise of escape from...Show more

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ISBN

9780007255757

Publisher

Fourth Estate

Published year

2014

Language

English

Original title

The year of reading dangerously

Format

Paperback

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