Culture Dave Eggers, the world’s most earnest kidnapper, chains up his readers Claire Lowdon reviews Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? by Dave Eggers. By Claire Lowdon
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How to Read Literature by Terry Eagleton: Not so much eagle-eyed as bird-brained A book that purports “to provide readers and students with some of the basic tools of the critical trade”… By Claire Lowdon