Bound to Please: An Extraordinary One-Volume Literary Education

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Description: A showcase of one hundred of the world's most astonishing books, Bound to Please is an extraordinary one-volume literary education. Among the most enjoyable of literary critics, Michael Dirda combines erudition with enthusiasm, a taste for the outré and the forgotten, and a playful, understated wit. Like George Orwell or Gore Vidal, Dirda delights in popular genres, such as the detective novel and the ghost story, without neglecting the deeper satisfactions of sometimes-overlooked classics. This new work features scores of Dirda's most engaging essays, never previously collected in book form, all intended to introduce reader ... (more)

Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Release date: 30 September 2004
ISBN-10 : 0393057577 | ISBN-13: 9780393057577

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