Passion for Books

Some of the bibliomaniacs whose essays or stories are collected in this anthology are great writers whose books are themselves the subjects of some collectors' uncontrollable ardor--Norman Mailer, Philip Roth, Gustave Flaubert, and Anatole France are all represented here. Other contributors--Anna Quindlen, Nicholas Basbanes, Robert Benchley--are simply mad about books and confess their addictions and detail their passions in their essays. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.