{"product_id":"no-one-round-here-reads-tolstoy-memoirs-of-a-working-class-reader-paperback","title":"No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy: Memoirs of a Working-Class Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Hodkinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Hodkinson grew up among the terrace houses of Rochdale in a house with just one book. Today, Mark is an author, journalist and publisher. He still lives in Rochdale but is now surrounded by 3,500 titles - at the last count.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo One Round Here Reads Tolstoy \u003c\/i\u003eis his story of growing up a working-class lad during the 1970s and 1980s. It's about the schools, the music, the people - but pre-eminently and profoundly the books and authors that led the way and shaped his life. It's about a family who didn't see the point of reading, and a troubled grandad who taught Mark the power of stories. It's also a story of how writing and reading has changed over the last five decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Hodkinson\u003c\/b\u003e has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e for two decades, three years as a columnist. He has also contributed to the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e and others. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBlue Moon: Down Among the Dead Men with Manchester City\u003c\/i\u003e, which is regularly cited as a football classic, and \u003ci\u003eBelieve in the Sign\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Last Mad Surge of Youth\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated as \u003ci\u003eQ\u003c\/i\u003e's Novel of the Year, and \u003ci\u003eThat Summer Feeling. \u003c\/i\u003eHe owns Pomona Books and has published titles by Simon Armitage, Barry Hines, Ian McMillan, Ray Gosling, Stuart Murdoch (of Belle and Sebastian), Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne) and many more. He also commissioned and edited the much-acclaimed biography \u003ci\u003eJ.D. Salinger: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which was made into a film starring Nicholas Hoult. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003emarkhodkinson.com\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48290085110009,"sku":"9781838850012","price":20.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/wadLJsEOqY9781838850012.webp?v=1776277087","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/no-one-round-here-reads-tolstoy-memoirs-of-a-working-class-reader-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}