Nick Hornby is the author of six novels, the most recent of which is Juliet, Naked, and a memoir, Fever Pitch. He is also the author of Songbook, a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award for music criticism, and editor of the short-story collection Speaking with the Angel. In 2010 Hornby's screenplay for An Education was nominated for an Academy Award. He lives in North London.
Bursting with enthusiasm and clear-eyed about the author's own contradictions, Ten Years in the Tub deserves to be devoured whole by anyone willing to spare 10 minutes to think about the books they read. --Booklist (Starred review) Reading these columns one after another adds depth and complexity. Not since Somerset Maugham's Books and You (1940) has there been a more eloquent and richly presented meditation on the value of books and reading. Verdict A must for bibliophiles. --Meagan Lacy, Library Journal "[Ten Years in the Tub] measure[s] life not just in terms of books bought or read but also in common reading experiences, often to hilarious effect." --DailyCandy "Ten Years in the Tub is something to soak in and savor. --USA Today "Honest, funny, garrulous and nimble-witted, Hornby makes standing in line at the bank a blessed interval for snorting another page." --New York Times Book Review There's a boatload of bonhomie in Nick Hornby's 'Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books' --The Boston Globe
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