Perhaps one of the best things to come out of Birmingham, Mike Skinner, mastermind behind The Streets, lets us know what he’s reading in this week’s Shelf Life. He reveals an interest in 20th Century history, what he once managed to get 10,000 people to do and a fondness for Philip Marlowe’s bon mots.
His memoirs The Story of the Streets are out now. He tweets @skinnermike.
1) What are you reading at the moment?
All Hell Let Loose by Max Hastings and
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach. Both in
their different ways incredibly well researched.
2) As a child, what did you read under the covers?
I didn’t read really. Actually I did read a lot of magazines but books didn’t work for my attention span when I was young. Though I used to write a lot.
3) Has a book ever made you cry, and if so which one?
I often weep when I read Raymond Chandler as I hit one liner on each page.
4) You are about to be put into solitary confinement for a year and allowed to take three books.
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