A Reader's Book Of Days: True Tales From The Lives And Works Of Writers For Every Day Of The Year

Author: Tom Nissley

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  • : $29.95 AUD
  • : 9780393239621
  • : WW Norton & Co
  • : WW Norton & Co
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  • : 01 November 2013
  • : 235mm X 156mm
  • : United States
  • : 01 November 2013
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Barcode 9780393239621
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Description

Book connoisseur Tom Nissley has combed literary history to capture the stories that make writers' lives perennially fascinating: their epiphanies, embarrassments and achievements. Each handsome page in A Reader's Book of Days is devoted to a day of the year, featuring original accounts of events in the lives of great writers (Proust starting In Search of Lost Time, Conrad defending the crew of the Titanic) and fictional events that took place within beloved books (the birth of Harry Potter's enemy Draco Malfoy, the blood-soaked prom in Stephen King's Carrie).

Author description

Tom Nissley is an eight-time champion of the American game show Jeopardy! and was formerly an Amazon book editor. He holds a PhD in English literature.