How to Read a Novel: A User's Guide

Do we still know how to read a novel? John Sutherland Chairman of the 2005 Booker Prize Committee asks. His answer is an unequivocal No. But Sutherland has not given up hope. With acerbic wit and intellect he traces the history of what it used to mean to be well-read and tells readers what it still means today while reminding readers how the delicate charms of fiction can be at once wonderful and inspired and infuriating. On one level this is a book about novels but at a deeper level this is a b...See More