{"product_id":"9780393324891-readings","title":"Readings","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEssays and Literary Entertainments\u003cbr\u003e\"For some time now, the best book critic in America has been Michael Dirda.\"—Michael M. Thomas, \u003cem\u003eNew York Observer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntimate, humorous, and insightful, Readings is a collection of classic essays and reviews by Michael Dirda, book critic of the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e and winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for criticism. From a first reading of Beckett and Faulkner at the feet of an inspirational high-school English teacher to a meeting of the P. G. Wodehouse Society, from an obsession with Nabokov's \u003cem\u003eLolita\u003c\/em\u003e to the discovery of the Japanese epic \u003cem\u003eThe Tale of Genji\u003c\/em\u003e, these essays chronicle a lifetime of literary enjoyment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55563225334134,"sku":"9780393324891","price":15.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28563101.jpg?v=1745816009","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780393324891-readings","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}