PAPERBACK OF THE WEEK

The Irresponsible Self:
On Laughter and the Novel
James Wood
(Pimlico, 2005)

Bibliography
WOOD James [1965-] Literary critic, novelist. Born in Durham, England. NOVEL The Book Against God (2003) ESSAYS/CRITICISM The Irresponsible Self: On Laughter and the Novel (2004: shortlisted for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism); The Broken Estate: Essays on Literature and Belief (1999) EDITED Saul Bellow: Novels 1944-1953: Dangling Man, The Victim, and The Adventures of Augie March (2003)