What are your five favorite books, and why?
THE HOUSE OF SLEEP - Jonathan Coe. A spooky dream
IT - Stephen King. Ultimate King, ultimate horror
DON'T MR DISRAELI - Caryl Brahms and SJ Simon - astonishing, surreal comedy
CHRISTIE MALRY'S OWN DOUBLE ENTRY - BS JOHNSON. The book that changed my life
BLACK HEARTS IN BATTERSEA - Joan Aiken. Greatest "children's" book ever
What do you read for pleasure?
Fiction mostly. Currently reading THE ROMANTIC by William Boyd, the new Robert Galbraith, HANGUK HIPHOP by Myoung-Sun Song (non-fiction!) and SET MY HEART TO FIVE by Simon Stephenson
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