Sometimes, we get to know about (however from a distance) great people from what they write. The author of this book has been one of them for me. I didn’t know of Dave Astor’s blog or his other work until I read this book. If I was ever entertained by a serious book written in a light-hearted voice, it is this book which boasts an abundance of fascinating tidbits on authors and literature.

In spite of being not much of a trivia fan, I loved the trivia in this book, especially those about the Russian authors like Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, etc. The other authors and sections were very good and enjoyable, also, especially because the information in them rarely made it into the school books or into what may be called serious literature. This book was literary, all right, but it had the sparks of surprise and hilarity of gossip, too.

I decided to read this book again probably next year or so, just for the fun of it, even though I have never read any book twice in my rather long life.

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is Dave Astor who is also the author of the memoir Comic (and Column) Confessional and the Greatest Novels of All Time.

It is fun to read if you are into reading and literature. You can also read it from here and there and not from beginning to end as each chapter is very short and about one author at a time.

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