{"product_id":"9781800750968","title":"Autobibliography","description":"\u003cp\u003e`Charmingly provocative' Observer `A smorgasbord of delights' Irish Times'Addictive' The SpectatorIn my case, reading has always served a dual purpose. In a positive sense, it offers sustenance, enlightenment, the bliss of fascination. In a negative sense, it is a means of withdrawal, of inhabiting a reality quarantined from one that often comes across as painful, alarming or downright distasteful. In the former sense, reading is like food; in the latter, it is like drugs or alcohol.   In Autobibliography, Rob Doyle recounts a year spent rereading fifty-two books - from the Dhammapada and Marcus Aurelius, via The Tibetan Book of the Dead and La Rochefoucauld, to Robert Bola�o and Svetlana Alexievich - as well as the memories they trigger and the reverberations they create. It is a record of a year in reading, and of a lifetime of books.   Provocative, intelligent and funny, it is a brilliant introduction to a personal canon by one of the most original and exciting writers around. It is a book about books, a book about reading, and a book about a writer. It is an autobibliography.   Reader Reviews'Enlightening, engaging and fun''A *superb* gift for any bookish friend or relative with an eye for the human comedy''A page-turner ... bright and fresh'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54819733963128,"sku":"9781800750968","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781800750968.jpg?v=1732213010","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781800750968","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}