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The War Against Cliche : Essays and Reviews 1971-2000 by Martin Amis

Step-by-step Vegetarian

Bully for Brontosaurus by Stephen Jay Gould

The Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the Demise of English Rock by John Harris

The 'Bounty : The True Story of the Mutiny on the 'Bounty by Caroline Alexander

A Wolf in the Kitchen by Lindsey Bareham

In Cold Blood : A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences by Truman Capote

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About meThere's a certain Shelf of Books,
Sunday Afternoons-
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of a stunned Baboon

etc etc etc.

I live in a small house in London, and I don't read books at the rate I acquire them. This is becoming a problem.

About my libraryOn reviewing my books (to be honest, it seems a bit grand to be calling a load of books stuck in the spare bedroom a 'library') it seems that while they're all over the place thematically, they share a quality that I shall call 'not new and shiny enough'. The next obvious step is to find books that are more new and shiny and bring them home.

Such as they are, these old, dull books, they're under constant threat from my boyfriend, who doesn't understand the joys of hoarding.

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