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The Polysyllabic Spree is a 2004 collection of Nick Hornby 's "Stuff I've Been Reading" columns in The Believer. The book collates his columns from September 2003 to November 2004, inclusive.
- Nick Hornby
- 2004
Jan 1, 2004 · The Polysyllabic Spree is the first title in the Believer Book series, which collects essays by and interviews with some of our favorite authors—George Saunders, Zadie Smith, Michel Houellebecq, Janet Malcolm, Jim Shepard, and Haruki Murakami, to name a few.
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Oct 31, 2005 · The Complete Polysyllabic Spree is the combination of two U.S. titles from his column, The Polysyllabic Spree and Housekeeping vs. the Dirt. The title is a reference to the Dallas choral rock band The Polyphonic Spree, a group with over twenty members in it.
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Nov 30, 2004 · Nick Horby isn't afraid to be real. A collection of fourteen months of his essays from Believer magazine, The Polysyllabic Spree is honest, smart, and down to earth.
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- Nick Hornby
- Nick Hornby
"A testament to the joy and surprise and despair that books bring, The Complete Polysyllabic Spree covers debuts, blockbusters, poems and comics, self-help ('how to stop smoking and stay stopped for good'), sports biographies and literary letters, classics and science (read through panicked tears).
Sep 26, 2011 · The polysyllabic spree. by. Hornby, Nick. Publication date. 2004. Topics. 20th Century English Literature, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Literary Criticism, Books & Reading, Literary Criticism & Collections / Books & Reading, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Authors, American, Books and reading, Humorous stories, American. Publisher.
The Complete Polysyllabic Spree is a diary of sorts, charting his reading life over two years. It is a celebration of why we read - its pleasures, its disappointments and its...
