Outside of a Dog by Rick Gekoski

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read" --- Groucho Marx

Description: Outside of a Dog is a scintillating bibliomemoir where Gekkoski gives the reader full access to the complex relations between his reading and his life. As the author reveals himself: "What I was reading was a book. I didn't matter what the book was, and I hadn't the faintest idea that one might be better than another. But to garner credit, to be approved of, left alone, quietly commended, it had to be a book. Comics wouldn't do. Reading books gave the signal that intelligent life was going on: I didn't merely read them, I displayed them like trophies.

Tracing the role books have played in his life, Gekoski selects 25 that are special to him which range from Dr Seuss to Ludwig Wittgenstein and from T.S. Eliot to Carl Hiaasen. The author revisits these books with loving detail and humour, showing us their influences on his personal development. 

Details: Paperback, 294 pp. Measures 13 x 19.6cm.

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