James Marriott's The New Dark Ages: A Grandiose Defence of Reading
Times columnist James Marriott argues smartphones have killed reading and warn of a 'mystical, tribal and autocratic' future. The Guardian finds his polemic lofty but hollow.
Topic: Reading
Kevin Powers on the Books That Shaped Him
The American author recalls the deaths of Old Dan and Little Ann, losing himself in The Stand — and nearly quitting Infinite Jest "a thousand times".
