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 any Salman Rushdie.
I feel no shame about not reading a book. That’s silly.
Anything by Dostoevsky. I tried!
Ulysses – I’ve tried many times and never got through it.
Dancing on stage with an open fly.
Redemption. People can be redeemed, goals can be redeemed.
A bushel of self-confidence.
The years of self-doubt.
The Covid years. My life is diminished since then. I lost my brother. My children lost some social expression, and we are still recovering from that.
When I worked at a dog food company shovelling the exterminated rats.
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