"The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British," by Sarah Lyall (Norton, $24.95)
For those with Anglophile tendencies (my hand is raised), Sarah Lyall's memoir about moving to London in the mid-1990s contains some crushing, harsh truths.
For example,
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Nick Hornby's 1992 debut Fever Pitch, itself indebted to Frederick Exley's
1968 meditation A Fan's Notes, made the intelligent fan's memoir a sort of
sub-genre. Ever since, it has been difficult to write about one's passion
for a sport without inviting
It will undoubtedly open another exciting chapter for the digital era.
This is the electronic book - the same size as your average paperback, but with a 160-novel memory, promising to keep you reading for much longer.
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