Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books

About this book

"How often do you begin reading a book that makes youimmediately urgently desperatelywant to read more books? (Booklist). Nick Hornby has managed to write just such a book in this hilarious insightful and infectious volume. Ten Years in the Tub chronicles Hornbys journey through a decades worth of books as related in his wildly popular Believer column Stuff Ive Been Reading. Ten Years in the Tub is a one-way ticket into the mind of one of the most beloved contemporary writers on his favorite pastime but its also a meditation on what Celine Dion can teach us about ourselves a warning about how John Updike can ruin our sex lives and a recommendation for the way Body Shop Vanilla Shower Gel can add excitement to our days. This "decade-long addiction for many... makes standing in line at the bank a blessed interval for snorting another page. (the New York Times Book Review)