Why, good morning to you too, fellow Nick Horby fan. :)
I had the good fortune of spotting a slightly dog-eared but really cheap copy of the very rare (at least in this side of the planet) The Complete Polysyllabic Spree, the definitive anthology of Hornby’s essays and reviews in his “Stuff I’ve Been Reading” column in The Believer, which were previously published as three separate volumes, namely The Polysyllabic Spree, Housekeeping vs. The Dirt, and Shakespeare Wrote for Money, in one of the bargain bins of one of the bookstores that I frequent. And while I admit that Hornby’s articles are nowhere near as well-written or as important as, say, Martin Amis’s in his own collection, The War Against Cliché, I quote myself from nine months ago: “I’d have to be the dumbest person in the world not to buy it right then and there.”
Far more than being deeply insightful, The Complete Polysyllabic Spree was consistently fun to read, and I dare say those descriptions, former and latter both, are what I’d like the anthology’s namesake book blog, that is to say, this blog, to arrive at being someday.
P.S. I’ve also configured the URL http://www.thepolysyllabicspree.com to redirect to this blog, in case anyone’s interested in, you know, just knowing about it.
P.P.S. Everyone ought to follow Zet aka planetickets ‘cause she is awesome. And I’m not just saying that.
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posted 01 July 2010
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