''Ought to become a classic. It is an enshrinement of [Meades''s] intense baroque and catholic cleverness'' Roger Lewis, The Times
''One of the foremost prose stylists of his age in any register . . . Probably we don-t deserve Meades, a man who apparently has never composed a dull paragraph'' Steven Poole, Guardian
''There are more gems in this wonderful book than I could cram into a dozen of these columns'' Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph
''Such a useful and important critic . . . He is very much on the reader-s side, bringing his full wit to bear on every single thing he writes'' Nicholas Lezard, Spectator
This landmark publication collects three decades of writing from one of the most original, provocative and consistently entertaining voices of our time. Anyone who cares about language and culture should have this book in their life.
Thirty years ago, Jonathan Meades published a volume of reportorial journal
