Magic Moments: The Books the Boy Loved and Much Else Besides, by John Sutherland
Curiosities of Literature: A Book-lover’s Anthology of Literary Erudition, by John Sutherland
John Sutherland’s life has been devoted to the enjoyment of books and the passing on of that enjoyment to others, whether through his columns in the Guardian and Financial Times or through his teaching to the literature students at UCL, or the rather less bookish science buffs at the California Institute of Technology. It is hard to imagine anyone better suited to bringing the pleasures of reading to those for whom it has never been an important part of life. His quirky, amused and tolerant eye roams freely over the whole field of books, finding something to attract and entertain in the most unexpected places.
His two new publications illustrate this from different angles.
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