Genre: | Biography & Memoirs |
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Language : | English |
Published: | October 03, 2023 |
Edition: | 1st |
Paperback | |
ISBN13: | 9781838850012 |
ISBN10: | 1838850015 |
Pages: | 368 |
Dimensions: | 5.08 x 7.8 x 0.87 inches |
Weight: | 246.64 g |
Mark Hodkinson grew up among the terrace houses of Rochdale in a house with just one book. Today, Mark is an author, journalist and publisher. He still lives in Rochdale but is now surrounded by 3,500 titles - at the last count.
No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy is his story of growing up a working-class lad during the 1970s and 1980s. It's about the schools, the music, the people - but pre-eminently and profoundly the books and authors that led the way and shaped his life. It's about a family who didn't see the point of reading, and a troubled grandad who taught Mark the power of stories. It's also a story of how writing and reading has changed over the last five decades.