Reading for My Life

John Leonard was a lion of American letters. A passionate erudite and wide-ranging critic he helped shape the landscape of modern literature. <i>Reading for My Life</i> is a monumental collection of Leonard's most significant writings--spanning five decades--from his earliest columns for the <i>Harvard Crimson</i> to his final essays for the <i>New York Review of Books</i>. Definitive reviews of Doris Lessing Joan Didion Toni Morrison Don DeLillo Vladimir Nabokov and Philip Roth among others display Leonard's encyclopedic knowledge of literature and make this book a landmark achievement from one of America's most beloved and influential critics.