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| The Complete Polysyllabic Spree | 
 enlarge | Author: Nick Hornby
Publisher: Viking
Category: Book
List Price: £16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 366048
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 0670916668
EAN: 9780670916665
ASIN: 0670916668
Publication Date: September 7, 2006
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 Great book about books August 24, 2007
This is a great book about books and about the whole process of reading and a bit about the process of writing. It made me curious about many books. I didn't necessarily feel like reading them, though Hornby's writing about them is always compelling. I felt more like hanging out at Nick Hornby's pub or having a season ticket close to his. I hope there'll be a volume 2 of his columns for The Believer.
 There's no cure for the Polysyllabic Spree.... July 18, 2007
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Put simply this is about the travails of a book addict writing about his 'addiction' for an American magazine, and emerging from the task with an understanding about the nature of buying, reading and criticizing books. This is very sharp and snappy stuff and makes you realize just how smart the ever humble Nick Hornby is.
One of the other great things about 'The Spree' of course is that it justifies every book addict's addiction and as such will act as a key piece of evidence when your book shelves finally collapse onto some poor soul and you need to defend yourself in a Tort case. Great stuff.
It made me get on the 'order now' button April 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For me one way of assessing how good a book is, is the length of time it takes me to finish it (I exclude War and Peace etc. from this sort of judgment). I finished this collection of Hornby's over a weekend. I like his honesty and his unpretentiousness and his humour. Even the chapter headings rang a bell i.e. books bought in a particular month in one column and the books actually read in a much shorter column. We've all been there.
Anyway, soon after finishing it, I ordered two of the books reviewed, put others on a list and recommended one to my daughter who doesn't read fiction a lot.
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