A blend of memoir and criticism, and a masterclass on the connections between fiction and life, from a widely recognised and important critic, explaining what makes him passionate about writing.

Following The Broken Estate, The Irresponsible Self, and How Fiction Works âEUR" books that established James Wood as the leading critic of his generation âEUR" The Fun Stuff confirms WoodâEUR(TM)s pre-eminence, not only as a discerning...

Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern - English and foreign sources: including phrases, mottoes, maxims, proverbs, definitions, aphorisms, and sayings of the wise men, in their bearing on life is an unchanged, high-quality...

Wood takes aim at E.M. Forster's longtime standard-bearer "Aspects of the Novel," in this eminently readable and thought-provoking treatise on the ways, whys, and hows of writing and reading fiction.