Autobibliography by Doyle, Rob

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Author: Doyle, RobMemoirsPublished on 7 November 2024 by Swift Press in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 256 pages198 x 128 x 16 | 212g
Charmingly provocative Observer A smorgasbord of delights Irish TimesAddictive The SpectatorIn my case, reading has always served a dual purpose. In a positive sense, it offers sustenance, enlightenment, the bliss of fascination. In a negative sense, it is a means of withdrawal, of inhabiting a reality quarantined from one that often comes across as painful, alarming or downright distasteful. In the former sense, reading is like food; in the latter, it is like drugs or alcohol.In Autobibliography, Rob Doyle recounts a year spent rereading fifty-two books from the Dhammapada and Marcus Aurelius, via The Tibetan Book of the Dead and La Rochefoucauld, to Robert Bolao and Svetlana Alexievich as well as the memories they trigger and the reverberations they create. It is a record of a year in reading, and of a lifetime of books.Provocative, intelligent and funny, it is a brilliant introduction to a personal canon by one of the most original and exciting writers around. It is a book about books, a book about reading, and a book about a writer. It is an autobibliography.Reader ReviewsEnlightening, engaging and funA *superb* gift for any bookish friend or relative with an eye for the human comedyA page-turner bright and fresh