‘Charmingly provocative’ Observer ‘A smorgasbord of delights’ Irish Times‘Addictive … a writer living and thinking his way to the frontiers of human society’ The SpectatorInAutobibliography, Rob Doyle recounts a year spent rereading fifty-two books – from the Dhammapada and Marcus Aurelius to Robert Bolaño and Svetlana Alexievich – as well as the memories they trigger and the reverberations they create. It is a record of a year in reading and of a lifetime of books, by one of the most original and exciting writers around.Reader Reviews'Enlightening, engaging and fun''A *superb* gift for any bookish friend or relative with an eye for the human comedy''A page-turner ... bright and fresh'
