Autobibliography

‘Charmingly provocative’ Observer ‘A smorgasbord of delights’ Irish Times‘Addictive … a writer living and thinking his way to the frontiers of human society’ The SpectatorInAutobibliography, Rob Doyle recounts a year spent rereading fifty-two books – from the Dhammapada and Marcus Aurelius to Robert Bolaño 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, by one of the most original and exciting writers around. 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'

‘Charmingly provocative’ - Observer

''Addictive self-portrait ... Doyle is sharp and funny as a critic, and morbidly candid about his own life ... we find a writer living and thinking his way to the frontiers of human society, rather than, as in so much contemporary writing, at its cosy core'' - Nicholas Harris, The Spectator

‘A smorgasbord of delights’ - Irish Times

‘A captivating journey out of our literary comfort zones’ - Irish Independent

''Doyle’s prose is virtuosic and exuberant ... strangely compelling'' - Michael Delgado, inews

''Maddening and beguiling in equal measure ... a brilliant writer ... absolutely essential'' - Steven Long, The Crack Magazine

Praise for Threshold:

''Exhilarating and highly entertaining ... colourful, scabrous, humorous and laced with arcane literary knowledge'' - Sunday Times

‘The funniest novel I''ve read since January ... unashamedly navel-gazing, slyly cosmopolitan and an absolute blast'' - Daily Mail

‘Doyle’s storytelling is compelling and engaging, suffused with wit, honesty and emotional intelligence’ - Irish Times

‘Extraordinary, quite unlike anything I’ve read before’ - John Boyne

‘Charmingly provocative’ Observer
‘A smorgasbord of delights’ Irish Times
‘Addictive … a writer living and thinking his way to the frontiers of human society’ The Spectator

InAutobibliography, Rob Doyle recounts a year spent rereading fifty-two books – from the Dhammapada and Marcus Aurelius to Robert Bolaño 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, by one of the most original and exciting writers around.

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''

• | Author: Rob Doyle
• | Publisher: Swift Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 07, 2024
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781800750968
• | ISBN-10: 180075096X