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Ten years in the tub : a decade soaking in great books, Nick Hornby

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Summary
Culling the best of his monthly column "Stuff I've Been Reading" in The Believer magazine, the bestselling author presents hilarious observations on a vast array of topics, and provides a wide-ranging reader list that serves as a reminder as to why we read
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
485 pages
Note
  • "These pieces appeared between September 2003 and June 2013 in the Believer magazine"--Title page verso
  • Includes index
Contents
  • The embodiment of a cultural obsession
  • Re-reading in the face of mortality
  • Empty threats of violence
  • November 2003.
  • Unfinished, abandoned, abandoned, unfinished
  • The appearance of the Polysyllabic Spree
  • A zealous gleam
  • December 2003 / January 2004.
  • Clarification about lost Victorian classics
  • Overrated and peripheral skills
  • Introduction
  • Living with an autistic child
  • Advice on smoking
  • February 2004
  • A modest celebration
  • The pram in the hall
  • In praise of the vernacular
  • Jokes about commas
  • A fearful bashing
  • March 2004.
  • Plans for a carcass
  • a note from Jess Walter
  • Cultural Fantasy Boxing League
  • An effort to get back on course
  • The young Flaubert
  • April 2004.
  • Utter rubbish
  • A truth bent out of shape
  • Unkind words about Amazon reviewers
  • Upcoming Dickensian nutrition
  • May 2004.
  • The secret of good writing
  • September 2003.
  • A guy who shouts "Goroo!" a lot
  • A long, lank skeleton hand
  • Drippy Dora's bloody dog
  • June 2004.
  • The Croatian sex lady
  • The way middle-class people spend their time
  • A pregnancy scare
  • The support net
  • When Fischer played Spassky
  • July 2004.
  • Some ground rules
  • A visually uninteresting family tree
  • Nipples not left alone
  • A taste for hopelessly bleak Eastern European humor
  • August 2004.
  • A new baby
  • Consumer fear
  • The appeal of the reappearing hero
  • The fourth-worst night of your life
  • A very pithy suicide note
  • September 2004.
  • Predictions for a baby's future employment
  • The Jesuit Thing
  • Several Mistakes
  • Finger-Steepling And Sharks In The Same Book
  • A New Best Friend
  • October 2004.
  • Sex With Cousins
  • Yorkshiremen
  • Some Clever-Dick Reviewer
  • The Particularities Of English Marxists
  • November 2004.
  • The opinions of grown-up critics
  • Presumptions Regarding Cricket
  • Chekhov's Quotidian Life
  • Advice That Holds Good Even Now
  • A Lovely Little Mongrel Doggie --
  • Legally Blonde
  • October 2003.
  • Weasel Words
  • A Thoughtful And Engaging Website
  • The Inevitable Incredibles Cash-Ins
  • An Elite Cabal
  • Bob The Astronaut
  • April 2005.
  • Ednit
  • A Quease-Inducing Trend
  • A Spoiler Alert
  • The Only Problem With The Labour Government
  • Preface To Housekeeping Vs. The Dirt.
  • Gogol's Shoes
  • May 2005.
  • Surprising Action In Borders
  • Respective Tastes In Bird Books
  • Some Things That Have The Mucus
  • Greil Marcus On The Pet Shop Boys
  • June / July 2005.
  • An Excruciating Purchase
  • A Perfect Black-Body Sphere
  • The Announcement Of The Theme Of The Month
  • Nick Hornby On What He's Learned About Reading From The Polysyllabic Spree, Of All People
  • August 2005.
  • Rules Made By Pompous Twits
  • An Astonishing Hush
  • Ongoing Disciplinary Troubles
  • A Surprisingly Juicy Book
  • September 2005.
  • Clearing Up A Few Things
  • Dismal Brevity
  • An Interesting Philosophical Debate
  • Bullishness And Self-Aggrandizement
  • February 2005.
  • October 2005.
  • Shame
  • The Holy Grail Of This Column Found
  • Some Very Specific Pomposities
  • The Ways In Which A Man Can Kid Himself
  • November 2005.
  • A Question Of Comic Judgment
  • Attractive Kryptonite Ashtrays
  • Impatience With Literary Fiction
  • Gay Abandon
  • The Story So Far
  • February 2006.
  • A Lot Of Stuff About Farting And Wanking
  • Major Reading Experiences
  • Jay Gatsbergen And David Copperbottom
  • March 2006.
  • A New Tradition
  • Puff Diddle
  • Jolly Ukrainian Songs
  • Defining The Beginning Of Sexual Intercourse
  • Our Impending Death
  • The Kingston Trio In Curious Company
  • April 2006.
  • Comparisons With Nikki Sixx
  • Sea-Creature Combos
  • The Price Of Egg Burritos In America
  • Use Of The First-Person Plural
  • May 2006.
  • Notes On A Shelving System
  • The English Equivalent Of Oprah
  • Musings On A Lunar Module
  • Unintentional Comic Elan
  • Islington Dinner Parties
  • June / July 2006.
  • A Very Grim Month
  • Brotherhood On The Road
  • Histrionics From Abraham Lincoln
  • Arsenal Makes The Semifinals
  • August 2006.
  • Crushing Disappointment
  • Life In Mississippi
  • Stuffier Compatriots
  • Small Beer
  • A Totally Original Sentence
  • The Fruits Of A Southern Kick
  • Clumsy Crabs
  • September 2006.
  • Opinions About Scientists
  • Clever Cynics
  • The Flop And Bawl
  • A Spousal Downgrade
  • The Worth Of Weddings And The World Cup
  • October 2006.
  • A Scary Woman
  • March 2005.
  • Visiting With Permafrost Experts
  • An Offer From Exxonmobil
  • Toothless Writers' Unions --
  • Thoughts On Tinned Food
  • Devout Catholic Wives
  • June / July 2007.
  • Breakfast Frappuccinos
  • Bacon-Flavored Potato Chips
  • Effortless Use Of The American Vernacular
  • Lippy Kids
  • August 2007.
  • Index Entries On Greil Marcus
  • Life Behind The Berlin Wall
  • April 2007.
  • Antinomians
  • Up With Fiction, Down With Facts
  • September 2007.
  • The End Of The World
  • Kitchen Gizzard Experiments
  • A Passable Mick Jagger Impersonation
  • A Blank-Verse Novel About Werewolves
  • October 2007.
  • Defending The Honor Of A Pink Book
  • The Death Of God
  • Endless Craving For Misery
  • Ten Adult Books That Aren't Boring
  • Weird Chimes
  • November / December 2007.
  • Helpful Cake Analogies
  • Hamstring Trouble
  • Unreadable Marxist Pamphlets
  • A Middle-Class Twat
  • Doublethink
  • January 2008.
  • A Fact-Finding Mission
  • A Double Burial
  • Sex Education
  • Writers With An Eye On Posterity
  • A Sun-Lounger In France
  • Lovable Millennials
  • February 2008.
  • Learning To Read
  • A State Of Bolshiness
  • A Hydrocephalic Weakling
  • Cricketers
  • Titmus, F. J.
  • Experimental Novels From Slovenia
  • Hints On A Proposed Lordship
  • March / April 2008.
  • Stuff He's Been Watching
  • Misery Memoirs
  • Unpleasant People Doing Unkind Things
  • A Fascist-Killing Machine
  • Juno Backlash
  • May 2008.
  • The Fate Of A Man Tired Of Books
  • An Increase Of Snazz
  • Advice On How To Deal With Favorites
  • The Delivery Of An Unsporting Thumping
  • Mortgage Payments On Boxes
  • September 2008.
  • Specialization On Doctor Dolittle
  • Breakfast Made By A Chimp
  • Tolerance Of A Bare Breast
  • A Temporary Farewell --
  • May 2007.
  • The Musical Taste Of Ipods
  • Reconsidering Dated Smut
  • Iconic NHS Spectacle Styles
  • The Postwar Labour Government
  • Litcologne
  • July / August 2010.
  • Advice From The Brits
  • Tragicomedy
  • The Lost Booker Prize
  • A Novel-Shaped Manhattan
  • A Pisseur De Copie
  • September 2010.
  • May 2010.
  • The Return Of The Scientist Of The Month Award
  • Small Males
  • Possible Roles For Miley Cyrus
  • Words From Lorne Michaels
  • October 2010.
  • Painfully Cold Sponsored Parties
  • A Hunky Bad Boy
  • Negative Twenty Questions
  • The Moments On Which A Life Turns
  • November / December 2010.
  • Learning From eHow
  • Shakespeare's Most Tarantinoesque Works
  • Instructions On Making Yogurt
  • The Time Before Funk
  • The Mau Mau Uprising
  • January 2011.
  • Literary Fattism
  • Sick Burns By Dickens's Contemporaries
  • The Difference Between Scottish And Irish
  • Bose Headphones
  • February 2011.
  • The Old Days
  • Postman Pat
  • An Mp3 Of Elizabeth Bishop
  • Diarrhea In The Book
  • The Universal Love Of Celine Dion
  • Good Goals And Bad Goals
  • March / April 2011.
  • Victimhood
  • Characters Who Are Quite Clearly Creeps
  • A Gift From The President
  • Cells That Grow Like Kudzu
  • Nude Tableaux Vivants
  • May 2011.
  • New Forms Of Inadequacy
  • Married Bliss
  • Curious Descriptors For Lovemaking
  • The Dillon Panthers
  • Homework
  • June 2011.
  • A Worthy Opponent
  • The Hawaiians' Need For The Bible
  • The Favorite Television Program Of Mr. Gum
  • Failed Moneymaking Schemes
  • A Bald Assertion
  • July / August 2011.
  • A Certain Yen
  • A Surprising Anecdote
  • Incomprehensible Improbability
  • A Man Possessing The Necessary Anxiety
  • Required Reading
  • September 2011.
  • A String Of Presumptions
  • The Definition Of Monogamy
  • Delicate Moral Complications
  • Democracy Versus Hot Sex
  • An Ode To Body Shop Vanilla Shower Gel
  • October 2011.
  • Chopsticks
  • An Example Of Womanizing Both Real And Prodigious
  • The Gray North Sea
  • An Endorsement Of The Waboba Ball
  • November / December 2011.
  • Everybody's Favorite Literary Biographer
  • The Posher Papers
  • June 2010.
  • Old Tosh
  • Marshalsea Debtors' Prison
  • The Blacking Factory --
  • An Invitation To The Oscars
  • Taunting The Fact-Checkers
  • Friendship With Woody Allen
  • May 2012.
  • The Definition Of Creative Professional
  • An Epiphanic Right-Hemisphere Production
  • A Theory Regarding Nonfiction Books
  • June 2012.
  • Passing The Point Of Concern
  • Penal Reform
  • The Notion Of The Second Longhand Draft
  • January 2012.
  • A Month Of Fictional Bravery
  • July / August 2012.
  • The Future For Writers
  • A Frustrating Imagined Dialogue
  • Fitgerald's Rate
  • A Gum-Snap Young-Adult Voice
  • September 2012.
  • A Personal Library
  • The No-Snark Rule
  • A "Meh" Face
  • A Lemon-Firing Bazooka
  • The End Of The London Olympics
  • Vital Supplies
  • March / April 2013.
  • Assorted Woo-Hoos
  • The Fashionable Rod Stewart
  • A Very Common Human Propensity
  • A Christlike Alter Ego
  • May 2013.
  • Casting Notes
  • The Transcendence Of One's Subject
  • Unbearable Quirk
  • Disappointment Regarding Orgies And Uzis
  • A Very Long Series Of Questions
  • June 2013.
  • Asshole Paranoia
  • Quantifying Delusions of Kanye West
  • "Cheat Sheet" and PopEater
  • Uses for a Wonder Bread Bag
  • Wwoofers
  • Instances Of Transgressive And Sinister Sexual Chaos
  • March / April 2012.
  • A Second Chance For Sade
  • Plastic Carrier Bag As Madeleine Substitute
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9781940450360
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Ten years in the tub : a decade soaking in great books
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Ten years in the tub
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a decade soaking in great books
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Nick Hornby
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10 years in the tub
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eng
Summary
Culling the best of his monthly column "Stuff I've Been Reading" in The Believer magazine, the bestselling author presents hilarious observations on a vast array of topics, and provides a wide-ranging reader list that serves as a reminder as to why we read
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  • Books and reading
  • Manners and customs
  • Reading interests
  • United States
  • Cultural Characteristics
  • Livres et lecture
  • Mœurs et coutumes
  • Goût de la lecture
  • États-Unis
  • Books and reading
  • Intellectual life
  • Manners and customs
  • Reading interests
  • United States
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  • Englisch
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  • "These pieces appeared between September 2003 and June 2013 in the Believer magazine"--Title page verso
  • Includes index
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Contents
  • The embodiment of a cultural obsession
  • Re-reading in the face of mortality
  • Empty threats of violence
  • November 2003.
  • Unfinished, abandoned, abandoned, unfinished
  • The appearance of the Polysyllabic Spree
  • A zealous gleam
  • December 2003 / January 2004.
  • Clarification about lost Victorian classics
  • Overrated and peripheral skills
  • Introduction
  • Living with an autistic child
  • Advice on smoking
  • February 2004
  • A modest celebration
  • The pram in the hall
  • In praise of the vernacular
  • Jokes about commas
  • A fearful bashing
  • March 2004.
  • Plans for a carcass
  • a note from Jess Walter
  • Cultural Fantasy Boxing League
  • An effort to get back on course
  • The young Flaubert
  • April 2004.
  • Utter rubbish
  • A truth bent out of shape
  • Unkind words about Amazon reviewers
  • Upcoming Dickensian nutrition
  • May 2004.
  • The secret of good writing
  • September 2003.
  • A guy who shouts "Goroo!" a lot
  • A long, lank skeleton hand
  • Drippy Dora's bloody dog
  • June 2004.
  • The Croatian sex lady
  • The way middle-class people spend their time
  • A pregnancy scare
  • The support net
  • When Fischer played Spassky
  • July 2004.
  • Some ground rules
  • A visually uninteresting family tree
  • Nipples not left alone
  • A taste for hopelessly bleak Eastern European humor
  • August 2004.
  • A new baby
  • Consumer fear
  • The appeal of the reappearing hero
  • The fourth-worst night of your life
  • A very pithy suicide note
  • September 2004.
  • Predictions for a baby's future employment
  • The Jesuit Thing
  • Several Mistakes
  • Finger-Steepling And Sharks In The Same Book
  • A New Best Friend
  • October 2004.
  • Sex With Cousins
  • Yorkshiremen
  • Some Clever-Dick Reviewer
  • The Particularities Of English Marxists
  • November 2004.
  • The opinions of grown-up critics
  • Presumptions Regarding Cricket
  • Chekhov's Quotidian Life
  • Advice That Holds Good Even Now
  • A Lovely Little Mongrel Doggie --
  • Legally Blonde
  • October 2003.
  • Weasel Words
  • A Thoughtful And Engaging Website
  • The Inevitable Incredibles Cash-Ins
  • An Elite Cabal
  • Bob The Astronaut
  • April 2005.
  • Ednit
  • A Quease-Inducing Trend
  • A Spoiler Alert
  • The Only Problem With The Labour Government
  • Preface To Housekeeping Vs. The Dirt.
  • Gogol's Shoes
  • May 2005.
  • Surprising Action In Borders
  • Respective Tastes In Bird Books
  • Some Things That Have The Mucus
  • Greil Marcus On The Pet Shop Boys
  • June / July 2005.
  • An Excruciating Purchase
  • A Perfect Black-Body Sphere
  • The Announcement Of The Theme Of The Month
  • Nick Hornby On What He's Learned About Reading From The Polysyllabic Spree, Of All People
  • August 2005.
  • Rules Made By Pompous Twits
  • An Astonishing Hush
  • Ongoing Disciplinary Troubles
  • A Surprisingly Juicy Book
  • September 2005.
  • Clearing Up A Few Things
  • Dismal Brevity
  • An Interesting Philosophical Debate
  • Bullishness And Self-Aggrandizement
  • February 2005.
  • October 2005.
  • Shame
  • The Holy Grail Of This Column Found
  • Some Very Specific Pomposities
  • The Ways In Which A Man Can Kid Himself
  • November 2005.
  • A Question Of Comic Judgment
  • Attractive Kryptonite Ashtrays
  • Impatience With Literary Fiction
  • Gay Abandon
  • The Story So Far
  • February 2006.
  • A Lot Of Stuff About Farting And Wanking
  • Major Reading Experiences
  • Jay Gatsbergen And David Copperbottom
  • March 2006.
  • A New Tradition
  • Puff Diddle
  • Jolly Ukrainian Songs
  • Defining The Beginning Of Sexual Intercourse
  • Our Impending Death
  • The Kingston Trio In Curious Company
  • April 2006.
  • Comparisons With Nikki Sixx
  • Sea-Creature Combos
  • The Price Of Egg Burritos In America
  • Use Of The First-Person Plural
  • May 2006.
  • Notes On A Shelving System
  • The English Equivalent Of Oprah
  • Musings On A Lunar Module
  • Unintentional Comic Elan
  • Islington Dinner Parties
  • June / July 2006.
  • A Very Grim Month
  • Brotherhood On The Road
  • Histrionics From Abraham Lincoln
  • Arsenal Makes The Semifinals
  • August 2006.
  • Crushing Disappointment
  • Life In Mississippi
  • Stuffier Compatriots
  • Small Beer
  • A Totally Original Sentence
  • The Fruits Of A Southern Kick
  • Clumsy Crabs
  • September 2006.
  • Opinions About Scientists
  • Clever Cynics
  • The Flop And Bawl
  • A Spousal Downgrade
  • The Worth Of Weddings And The World Cup
  • October 2006.
  • A Scary Woman
  • March 2005.
  • Visiting With Permafrost Experts
  • An Offer From Exxonmobil
  • Toothless Writers' Unions --
  • Thoughts On Tinned Food
  • Devout Catholic Wives
  • June / July 2007.
  • Breakfast Frappuccinos
  • Bacon-Flavored Potato Chips
  • Effortless Use Of The American Vernacular
  • Lippy Kids
  • August 2007.
  • Index Entries On Greil Marcus
  • Life Behind The Berlin Wall
  • April 2007.
  • Antinomians
  • Up With Fiction, Down With Facts
  • September 2007.
  • The End Of The World
  • Kitchen Gizzard Experiments
  • A Passable Mick Jagger Impersonation
  • A Blank-Verse Novel About Werewolves
  • October 2007.
  • Defending The Honor Of A Pink Book
  • The Death Of God
  • Endless Craving For Misery
  • Ten Adult Books That Aren't Boring
  • Weird Chimes
  • November / December 2007.
  • Helpful Cake Analogies
  • Hamstring Trouble
  • Unreadable Marxist Pamphlets
  • A Middle-Class Twat
  • Doublethink
  • January 2008.
  • A Fact-Finding Mission
  • A Double Burial
  • Sex Education
  • Writers With An Eye On Posterity
  • A Sun-Lounger In France
  • Lovable Millennials
  • February 2008.
  • Learning To Read
  • A State Of Bolshiness
  • A Hydrocephalic Weakling
  • Cricketers
  • Titmus, F. J.
  • Experimental Novels From Slovenia
  • Hints On A Proposed Lordship
  • March / April 2008.
  • Stuff He's Been Watching
  • Misery Memoirs
  • Unpleasant People Doing Unkind Things
  • A Fascist-Killing Machine
  • Juno Backlash
  • May 2008.
  • The Fate Of A Man Tired Of Books
  • An Increase Of Snazz
  • Advice On How To Deal With Favorites
  • The Delivery Of An Unsporting Thumping
  • Mortgage Payments On Boxes
  • September 2008.
  • Specialization On Doctor Dolittle
  • Breakfast Made By A Chimp
  • Tolerance Of A Bare Breast
  • A Temporary Farewell --
  • May 2007.
  • The Musical Taste Of Ipods
  • Reconsidering Dated Smut
  • Iconic NHS Spectacle Styles
  • The Postwar Labour Government
  • Litcologne
  • July / August 2010.
  • Advice From The Brits
  • Tragicomedy
  • The Lost Booker Prize
  • A Novel-Shaped Manhattan
  • A Pisseur De Copie
  • September 2010.
  • May 2010.
  • The Return Of The Scientist Of The Month Award
  • Small Males
  • Possible Roles For Miley Cyrus
  • Words From Lorne Michaels
  • October 2010.
  • Painfully Cold Sponsored Parties
  • A Hunky Bad Boy
  • Negative Twenty Questions
  • The Moments On Which A Life Turns
  • November / December 2010.
  • Learning From eHow
  • Shakespeare's Most Tarantinoesque Works
  • Instructions On Making Yogurt
  • The Time Before Funk
  • The Mau Mau Uprising
  • January 2011.
  • Literary Fattism
  • Sick Burns By Dickens's Contemporaries
  • The Difference Between Scottish And Irish
  • Bose Headphones
  • February 2011.
  • The Old Days
  • Postman Pat
  • An Mp3 Of Elizabeth Bishop
  • Diarrhea In The Book
  • The Universal Love Of Celine Dion
  • Good Goals And Bad Goals
  • March / April 2011.
  • Victimhood
  • Characters Who Are Quite Clearly Creeps
  • A Gift From The President
  • Cells That Grow Like Kudzu
  • Nude Tableaux Vivants
  • May 2011.
  • New Forms Of Inadequacy
  • Married Bliss
  • Curious Descriptors For Lovemaking
  • The Dillon Panthers
  • Homework
  • June 2011.
  • A Worthy Opponent
  • The Hawaiians' Need For The Bible
  • The Favorite Television Program Of Mr. Gum
  • Failed Moneymaking Schemes
  • A Bald Assertion
  • July / August 2011.
  • A Certain Yen
  • A Surprising Anecdote
  • Incomprehensible Improbability
  • A Man Possessing The Necessary Anxiety
  • Required Reading
  • September 2011.
  • A String Of Presumptions
  • The Definition Of Monogamy
  • Delicate Moral Complications
  • Democracy Versus Hot Sex
  • An Ode To Body Shop Vanilla Shower Gel
  • October 2011.
  • Chopsticks
  • An Example Of Womanizing Both Real And Prodigious
  • The Gray North Sea
  • An Endorsement Of The Waboba Ball
  • November / December 2011.
  • Everybody's Favorite Literary Biographer
  • The Posher Papers
  • June 2010.
  • Old Tosh
  • Marshalsea Debtors' Prison
  • The Blacking Factory --
  • An Invitation To The Oscars
  • Taunting The Fact-Checkers
  • Friendship With Woody Allen
  • May 2012.
  • The Definition Of Creative Professional
  • An Epiphanic Right-Hemisphere Production
  • A Theory Regarding Nonfiction Books
  • June 2012.
  • Passing The Point Of Concern
  • Penal Reform
  • The Notion Of The Second Longhand Draft
  • January 2012.
  • A Month Of Fictional Bravery
  • July / August 2012.
  • The Future For Writers
  • A Frustrating Imagined Dialogue
  • Fitgerald's Rate
  • A Gum-Snap Young-Adult Voice
  • September 2012.
  • A Personal Library
  • The No-Snark Rule
  • A "Meh" Face
  • A Lemon-Firing Bazooka
  • The End Of The London Olympics
  • Vital Supplies
  • March / April 2013.
  • Assorted Woo-Hoos
  • The Fashionable Rod Stewart
  • A Very Common Human Propensity
  • A Christlike Alter Ego
  • May 2013.
  • Casting Notes
  • The Transcendence Of One's Subject
  • Unbearable Quirk
  • Disappointment Regarding Orgies And Uzis
  • A Very Long Series Of Questions
  • June 2013.
  • Asshole Paranoia
  • Quantifying Delusions of Kanye West
  • "Cheat Sheet" and PopEater
  • Uses for a Wonder Bread Bag
  • Wwoofers
  • Instances Of Transgressive And Sinister Sexual Chaos
  • March / April 2012.
  • A Second Chance For Sade
  • Plastic Carrier Bag As Madeleine Substitute
Control code
863232140
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
485 pages
Isbn
9781940450360
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record encoding level change - WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 505, 600, 655, 700, 730
System control number
(OCoLC)863232140
Label
Ten years in the tub : a decade soaking in great books, Nick Hornby
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • "These pieces appeared between September 2003 and June 2013 in the Believer magazine"--Title page verso
  • Includes index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The embodiment of a cultural obsession
  • Re-reading in the face of mortality
  • Empty threats of violence
  • November 2003.
  • Unfinished, abandoned, abandoned, unfinished
  • The appearance of the Polysyllabic Spree
  • A zealous gleam
  • December 2003 / January 2004.
  • Clarification about lost Victorian classics
  • Overrated and peripheral skills
  • Introduction
  • Living with an autistic child
  • Advice on smoking
  • February 2004
  • A modest celebration
  • The pram in the hall
  • In praise of the vernacular
  • Jokes about commas
  • A fearful bashing
  • March 2004.
  • Plans for a carcass
  • a note from Jess Walter
  • Cultural Fantasy Boxing League
  • An effort to get back on course
  • The young Flaubert
  • April 2004.
  • Utter rubbish
  • A truth bent out of shape
  • Unkind words about Amazon reviewers
  • Upcoming Dickensian nutrition
  • May 2004.
  • The secret of good writing
  • September 2003.
  • A guy who shouts "Goroo!" a lot
  • A long, lank skeleton hand
  • Drippy Dora's bloody dog
  • June 2004.
  • The Croatian sex lady
  • The way middle-class people spend their time
  • A pregnancy scare
  • The support net
  • When Fischer played Spassky
  • July 2004.
  • Some ground rules
  • A visually uninteresting family tree
  • Nipples not left alone
  • A taste for hopelessly bleak Eastern European humor
  • August 2004.
  • A new baby
  • Consumer fear
  • The appeal of the reappearing hero
  • The fourth-worst night of your life
  • A very pithy suicide note
  • September 2004.
  • Predictions for a baby's future employment
  • The Jesuit Thing
  • Several Mistakes
  • Finger-Steepling And Sharks In The Same Book
  • A New Best Friend
  • October 2004.
  • Sex With Cousins
  • Yorkshiremen
  • Some Clever-Dick Reviewer
  • The Particularities Of English Marxists
  • November 2004.
  • The opinions of grown-up critics
  • Presumptions Regarding Cricket
  • Chekhov's Quotidian Life
  • Advice That Holds Good Even Now
  • A Lovely Little Mongrel Doggie --
  • Legally Blonde
  • October 2003.
  • Weasel Words
  • A Thoughtful And Engaging Website
  • The Inevitable Incredibles Cash-Ins
  • An Elite Cabal
  • Bob The Astronaut
  • April 2005.
  • Ednit
  • A Quease-Inducing Trend
  • A Spoiler Alert
  • The Only Problem With The Labour Government
  • Preface To Housekeeping Vs. The Dirt.
  • Gogol's Shoes
  • May 2005.
  • Surprising Action In Borders
  • Respective Tastes In Bird Books
  • Some Things That Have The Mucus
  • Greil Marcus On The Pet Shop Boys
  • June / July 2005.
  • An Excruciating Purchase
  • A Perfect Black-Body Sphere
  • The Announcement Of The Theme Of The Month
  • Nick Hornby On What He's Learned About Reading From The Polysyllabic Spree, Of All People
  • August 2005.
  • Rules Made By Pompous Twits
  • An Astonishing Hush
  • Ongoing Disciplinary Troubles
  • A Surprisingly Juicy Book
  • September 2005.
  • Clearing Up A Few Things
  • Dismal Brevity
  • An Interesting Philosophical Debate
  • Bullishness And Self-Aggrandizement
  • February 2005.
  • October 2005.
  • Shame
  • The Holy Grail Of This Column Found
  • Some Very Specific Pomposities
  • The Ways In Which A Man Can Kid Himself
  • November 2005.
  • A Question Of Comic Judgment
  • Attractive Kryptonite Ashtrays
  • Impatience With Literary Fiction
  • Gay Abandon
  • The Story So Far
  • February 2006.
  • A Lot Of Stuff About Farting And Wanking
  • Major Reading Experiences
  • Jay Gatsbergen And David Copperbottom
  • March 2006.
  • A New Tradition
  • Puff Diddle
  • Jolly Ukrainian Songs
  • Defining The Beginning Of Sexual Intercourse
  • Our Impending Death
  • The Kingston Trio In Curious Company
  • April 2006.
  • Comparisons With Nikki Sixx
  • Sea-Creature Combos
  • The Price Of Egg Burritos In America
  • Use Of The First-Person Plural
  • May 2006.
  • Notes On A Shelving System
  • The English Equivalent Of Oprah
  • Musings On A Lunar Module
  • Unintentional Comic Elan
  • Islington Dinner Parties
  • June / July 2006.
  • A Very Grim Month
  • Brotherhood On The Road
  • Histrionics From Abraham Lincoln
  • Arsenal Makes The Semifinals
  • August 2006.
  • Crushing Disappointment
  • Life In Mississippi
  • Stuffier Compatriots
  • Small Beer
  • A Totally Original Sentence
  • The Fruits Of A Southern Kick
  • Clumsy Crabs
  • September 2006.
  • Opinions About Scientists
  • Clever Cynics
  • The Flop And Bawl
  • A Spousal Downgrade
  • The Worth Of Weddings And The World Cup
  • October 2006.
  • A Scary Woman
  • March 2005.
  • Visiting With Permafrost Experts
  • An Offer From Exxonmobil
  • Toothless Writers' Unions --
  • Thoughts On Tinned Food
  • Devout Catholic Wives
  • June / July 2007.
  • Breakfast Frappuccinos
  • Bacon-Flavored Potato Chips
  • Effortless Use Of The American Vernacular
  • Lippy Kids
  • August 2007.
  • Index Entries On Greil Marcus
  • Life Behind The Berlin Wall
  • April 2007.
  • Antinomians
  • Up With Fiction, Down With Facts
  • September 2007.
  • The End Of The World
  • Kitchen Gizzard Experiments
  • A Passable Mick Jagger Impersonation
  • A Blank-Verse Novel About Werewolves
  • October 2007.
  • Defending The Honor Of A Pink Book
  • The Death Of God
  • Endless Craving For Misery
  • Ten Adult Books That Aren't Boring
  • Weird Chimes
  • November / December 2007.
  • Helpful Cake Analogies
  • Hamstring Trouble
  • Unreadable Marxist Pamphlets
  • A Middle-Class Twat
  • Doublethink
  • January 2008.
  • A Fact-Finding Mission
  • A Double Burial
  • Sex Education
  • Writers With An Eye On Posterity
  • A Sun-Lounger In France
  • Lovable Millennials
  • February 2008.
  • Learning To Read
  • A State Of Bolshiness
  • A Hydrocephalic Weakling
  • Cricketers
  • Titmus, F. J.
  • Experimental Novels From Slovenia
  • Hints On A Proposed Lordship
  • March / April 2008.
  • Stuff He's Been Watching
  • Misery Memoirs
  • Unpleasant People Doing Unkind Things
  • A Fascist-Killing Machine
  • Juno Backlash
  • May 2008.
  • The Fate Of A Man Tired Of Books
  • An Increase Of Snazz
  • Advice On How To Deal With Favorites
  • The Delivery Of An Unsporting Thumping
  • Mortgage Payments On Boxes
  • September 2008.
  • Specialization On Doctor Dolittle
  • Breakfast Made By A Chimp
  • Tolerance Of A Bare Breast
  • A Temporary Farewell --
  • May 2007.
  • The Musical Taste Of Ipods
  • Reconsidering Dated Smut
  • Iconic NHS Spectacle Styles
  • The Postwar Labour Government
  • Litcologne
  • July / August 2010.
  • Advice From The Brits
  • Tragicomedy
  • The Lost Booker Prize
  • A Novel-Shaped Manhattan
  • A Pisseur De Copie
  • September 2010.
  • May 2010.
  • The Return Of The Scientist Of The Month Award
  • Small Males
  • Possible Roles For Miley Cyrus
  • Words From Lorne Michaels
  • October 2010.
  • Painfully Cold Sponsored Parties
  • A Hunky Bad Boy
  • Negative Twenty Questions
  • The Moments On Which A Life Turns
  • November / December 2010.
  • Learning From eHow
  • Shakespeare's Most Tarantinoesque Works
  • Instructions On Making Yogurt
  • The Time Before Funk
  • The Mau Mau Uprising
  • January 2011.
  • Literary Fattism
  • Sick Burns By Dickens's Contemporaries
  • The Difference Between Scottish And Irish
  • Bose Headphones
  • February 2011.
  • The Old Days
  • Postman Pat
  • An Mp3 Of Elizabeth Bishop
  • Diarrhea In The Book
  • The Universal Love Of Celine Dion
  • Good Goals And Bad Goals
  • March / April 2011.
  • Victimhood
  • Characters Who Are Quite Clearly Creeps
  • A Gift From The President
  • Cells That Grow Like Kudzu
  • Nude Tableaux Vivants
  • May 2011.
  • New Forms Of Inadequacy
  • Married Bliss
  • Curious Descriptors For Lovemaking
  • The Dillon Panthers
  • Homework
  • June 2011.
  • A Worthy Opponent
  • The Hawaiians' Need For The Bible
  • The Favorite Television Program Of Mr. Gum
  • Failed Moneymaking Schemes
  • A Bald Assertion
  • July / August 2011.
  • A Certain Yen
  • A Surprising Anecdote
  • Incomprehensible Improbability
  • A Man Possessing The Necessary Anxiety
  • Required Reading
  • September 2011.
  • A String Of Presumptions
  • The Definition Of Monogamy
  • Delicate Moral Complications
  • Democracy Versus Hot Sex
  • An Ode To Body Shop Vanilla Shower Gel
  • October 2011.
  • Chopsticks
  • An Example Of Womanizing Both Real And Prodigious
  • The Gray North Sea
  • An Endorsement Of The Waboba Ball
  • November / December 2011.
  • Everybody's Favorite Literary Biographer
  • The Posher Papers
  • June 2010.
  • Old Tosh
  • Marshalsea Debtors' Prison
  • The Blacking Factory --
  • An Invitation To The Oscars
  • Taunting The Fact-Checkers
  • Friendship With Woody Allen
  • May 2012.
  • The Definition Of Creative Professional
  • An Epiphanic Right-Hemisphere Production
  • A Theory Regarding Nonfiction Books
  • June 2012.
  • Passing The Point Of Concern
  • Penal Reform
  • The Notion Of The Second Longhand Draft
  • January 2012.
  • A Month Of Fictional Bravery
  • July / August 2012.
  • The Future For Writers
  • A Frustrating Imagined Dialogue
  • Fitgerald's Rate
  • A Gum-Snap Young-Adult Voice
  • September 2012.
  • A Personal Library
  • The No-Snark Rule
  • A "Meh" Face
  • A Lemon-Firing Bazooka
  • The End Of The London Olympics
  • Vital Supplies
  • March / April 2013.
  • Assorted Woo-Hoos
  • The Fashionable Rod Stewart
  • A Very Common Human Propensity
  • A Christlike Alter Ego
  • May 2013.
  • Casting Notes
  • The Transcendence Of One's Subject
  • Unbearable Quirk
  • Disappointment Regarding Orgies And Uzis
  • A Very Long Series Of Questions
  • June 2013.
  • Asshole Paranoia
  • Quantifying Delusions of Kanye West
  • "Cheat Sheet" and PopEater
  • Uses for a Wonder Bread Bag
  • Wwoofers
  • Instances Of Transgressive And Sinister Sexual Chaos
  • March / April 2012.
  • A Second Chance For Sade
  • Plastic Carrier Bag As Madeleine Substitute
Control code
863232140
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
485 pages
Isbn
9781940450360
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record encoding level change - WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 505, 600, 655, 700, 730
System control number
(OCoLC)863232140

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