"This is former NSW premier Bob Carr's guide to reading. In it he tells us about the books he loves (fiction and non-fiction), why he thinks they are important and why he thinks it is important to read seriously and deeply."--Provided by publisher.

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About Pat Conroy

Pat Conroy

Born 1945

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“Good writing is the hardest form of thinking. It involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making them visible and clear. If the writing is good, then the result seems effortless and inevitable. But when you want to say something life-changing or ineffable in a single sentence, you face both the limitations of the sentence itself and the extent of your own talent.”

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“In our modern age, there are writers who have heaped scorn on the very idea of the primacy of story. I'd rather warm my hands on a sunlit ice floe than try to coax fire from the books they carve from glaciers.”

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“A library could show you everything if you knew where to look.”

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