The question
Which book do you still mean to read, and why has it stayed on your list?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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Because it’s in one of my songs, War and Peace.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗
I’ve never read Proust.
I used to give a fantastic talk about Frankenstein and Dracula, but I’ve never been able to finish either book.
I never finished The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir.
Probably all of them because I am not big into English literature. I read a lot of self-improvement books.
Dancing on stage with an open fly.
When I worked at a dog food company shovelling the exterminated rats.
More time with my boys.
Redemption. People can be redeemed, goals can be redeemed.
Two days ago. To move to New York.
Immunity to cruelty.
Zack Polanski, Leona Lewis, Helen Skelton, Ally McCoist, Imogen Poots, Romola Garai
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