The Fun Stuff and Other Essays av James Wood

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<p>Following <i>The Broken Estate</i>, <i>The Irresponsible Self</i>, and <i>How Fiction Works</i> ¿ books that established James Wood as the leading critic of his generation ¿ <i>The Fun Stuff</i> confirms Wood¿s pre-eminence, not only as a discerning judge but also as an appreciator of the contemporary novel. <br><br>In twenty-three passionate, sparkling dispatches ¿ that range over such crucial writers as Thomas Hardy, Leo Tolstoy, and Edmund Wilson ¿ Wood offers a panoramic look at the modern novel. He effortlessly connects his encyclopaedic, eloquent understanding of the literary canon with an equally in-depth analysis of the most important authors writing today, including Cormac McCarthy, Kazuo Ishiguro, and V.S. Naipaul.<br><br>Included in <i>The Fun Stuff</i> are the title essay on Keith Moon and the lost joys of drumming ¿ which was a finalist for last year¿s National Magazine Awards ¿ as well as Wood¿s essay on George Orwell, which Christopher Hitchens selected for the <i>Bes