{"product_id":"no-one-round-here-reads-tolstory","title":"No One Round Here Reads Tolstory","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis love letter to reading is a philosophical take on why we read and collect books, told through a working-class lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMark Hodkinson grew up among the terrace houses of Rochdale in a house with just one book. His dad kept it on top of a wardrobe with other items of great worth - wedding photographs and Mark's National Cycling Proficiency certificate. If Mark wanted to read it, he was warned not to crease the pages or slam shut the covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, Mark is an author, journalist and publisher. He still lives in Rochdale, but is now snugly ensconced (or is that buried?) in a 'book cave' surrounded by 3,500 titles - at the last count. No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy is his story of growing up a working-class lad during the 1970s and 1980s. It's about schools (bad), music (good) and the people (some mad, a few sane), and pre-eminently and profoundly the books and authors (some bad, mostly good) that led the way, and shaped his life. It's also about a family who just didn't see the point of reading, and a troubled grandad who, in his own way, taught Mark the power of stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn recounting his own life-long love affair with books, Mark also tells the story of how writing and reading has changed over the last five decades, starting with the wave of working-class writers in the 1950s and 60s, where he saw himself reflected in books for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Canongate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40420084776994,"sku":"9781786899972","price":36.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/0785\/1042\/products\/Copy-of-Book-Template---2022-05-15T160442-818.jpg?v=1652587525","url":"https:\/\/petronella.pro\/products\/no-one-round-here-reads-tolstory","provider":"Petronella's Gallery and Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}