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The Polysyllabic Spree

Name: The Polysyllabic Spree
Author: Nick Hornby

The Polysyllabic Spree is a 2004 collection of Nick Hornby's "Stuff I've Been Reading" columns in The Believer. The book collates his columns from September 2003 to November 2004, inclusive. It also includes excerpts from such authors as Anton Chekhov and Charles Dickens.

“Books are, let's face it, better than everything else. If we played Cultural Fantasy Boxing League, and made books go fifteen rounds in the ring against the best that any other art form had to offer, then books would win pretty much every time.”

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“In other words, it's one of those books you thrust on your partner with an incredulous cry of "This is me!”

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“I suddenly had a little epiphany: all the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal.”

Nick Hornby book The Polysyllabic Spree

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“Books are, let's face it, better than everything else.”

Nick Hornby book The Polysyllabic Spree

Source: The Polysyllabic Spree