Press Release: Deals Done
Random House Books To Publish Have You Read? By John Sutherland
Posted at 11:07AM Tuesday 09 Mar 2010
Nigel Wilcockson, Publishing Director of Random House Books, has acquired World Rights to Have You Read? by Professor John Sutherland. The deal was struck with Victoria Hobbs at A.M. Heath. In Have You Read? John Sutherland gives a very personal take on his 500 favourite novels – selected from just about every country and every period, and ranging from Pilgrim's Progress to Smiley's People. In the mix are classics, one-hit wonders by otherwise forgotten novelists, and a few obscurities known only to a tiny handful of aficionados. Some are finely crafted literary novels, some are hard-boiled thrillers or unashamed weepies, some defy all attempts at categorisation. All, though, receive the Sutherland treatment: lightly worn learning, enthusiasm and incisive wit. Have You Read? will enable you to swap notes on your favourite books with a fellow fanatic – and may well provide a few hints as to what you should read next. John Sutherland has been a professor of literature for a long time and in many places. Currently he teaches at the California Institute of Technology and is the emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor at UCL. He is the author of numerous books, including Curiosities of Literature also published by Random House Books. In recent years, he has written voluminously on a variety of literary and non-literary topics in, principally, the Guardian and the Financial Times. John Sutherland says: 'The more books we have, the more we need books about books, in my view. This selection is my personal must-read library. There is a lifetime of pleasure in them.' Nigel Wilcockson says: 'John Sutherland is the most terrifyingly well-read person I have ever met. He also manages to be both massively erudite and hugely entertaining. It's just not fair.' Random House Books will publish Have You Read? in October 2011 in hardback with a mass-market paperback edition to follow a year later in Arrow.
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