How can other people like the books we don't like? What benefit can we
get from rereading a work? Can we read better? If so, how? These and
many other questions, ranging from the field of writing to that of
reading and translation, are given a comprehensive answer in a series of
stimulating and challenging literary essays that will be a perfect read
for all book explorers and practitioners of the pen.
After delighting us with his novels and many volumes of non-fiction, Tim
Parks - who is not only an acclaimed author and a translator, but also a
celebrated literary essayist - gives us a book to enjoy, savour and,
most importantly, reread.