Reading for My Life

Writings, 1958-2008

Introduction by E. L. Doctorow
John Leonard was a lion of American letters. A passionate, erudite, and wide-ranging critic, he helped shape the landscape of modern literature. Reading for My Life is a monumental collection of Leonard's most significant writings—spanning five decades—from his earliest columns for the Harvard Crimson to his final essays for the New York Review of Books. Definitive reviews of Doris Lessing, Joan Didion, Toni Morrison, Don DeLillo, Vladimir Nabokov, and Philip Roth, among others, display Leonard's encyclopedic knowledge of literature and make this book a landmark achievement from one of America's most beloved and influential critics.
John Leonard was born in Dublin in 1976. He won a Dublin club championship with St Sylvester's in 1996 and represented Dublin at minor, under-21, junior and senior level. He now spends much of his time travelling the world filming documentaries of people who make a difference in their communities. View titles by John Leonard

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John Leonard was a lion of American letters. A passionate, erudite, and wide-ranging critic, he helped shape the landscape of modern literature. Reading for My Life is a monumental collection of Leonard's most significant writings—spanning five decades—from his earliest columns for the Harvard Crimson to his final essays for the New York Review of Books. Definitive reviews of Doris Lessing, Joan Didion, Toni Morrison, Don DeLillo, Vladimir Nabokov, and Philip Roth, among others, display Leonard's encyclopedic knowledge of literature and make this book a landmark achievement from one of America's most beloved and influential critics.

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John Leonard was born in Dublin in 1976. He won a Dublin club championship with St Sylvester's in 1996 and represented Dublin at minor, under-21, junior and senior level. He now spends much of his time travelling the world filming documentaries of people who make a difference in their communities. View titles by John Leonard

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