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Review title: masterpiece of British literature? you be the judge.
Product review: I bought the Penguin guide 3rd edition in 1997. I have bought each successive edition and do not intend to stop. Never mind the occasional internal inconsistencies and prejudices, to which the authors confess freely and for which the readers of a 1500-page book should offer some forgiveness. I love the book because it is complete, its reviews are nearly always dead on, its biographies (5th edition) are a tremendous and welcome improvement, and its literary style is so cool. For my money, the Penguin guide is one of the treasures of the English language; the fact that it's about jazz elevates it completely out of the building. Read the excerpts; they sell themselves. On so many levels, this book can't miss. I'm looking forward to the 6th edition.
