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Title: A Great, if Short, Read
Review: Nick Hornby writes a column in The Believer Magazine (a McSweeney's/Dave Eggers undertaking) in which he begins by noting the books he has purchased during a particular month, as well as those he has actually read. For any booklover, that aspect alone is worth the price of admission for this one. Hornby then continues with a wonderful essay discussing what he's read, veering off on tangents that are somehow more than tangential. These columns are very much like a letter from a clever bookloving friend whose opinion you value very much, while you may not always agree with that opinion. These essays were all a delight to read. I only wish there were more of them--but there is always the magazine.
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