Today I finally finished A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel. I started this book expecting to read it quickly, skim it perhaps, and then donate it or give it away. It had been recommended to me years ago by a friend, a writer and former professor of mine whom I deeply admire, who had given me this copy of it. But I’d picked it up and found the introductory chapter sentimental, pretentious and frankly dull. I’m not sure why I […]

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