Richard Smyth Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Richard Smyth

Babies! What even are they? I wish I'd read physicist @Mike_Banks's The Secret Science Of Baby when our two were tiny because it turns out the damn things are *fascinating*.

Richard Smyth

@rblandford If it's "by Roger Hargreaves" it's by Roger Hargreaves, if it's "Roger Hargreaves" it's some shit made up by his grifting son. If that sounds harsh, read Mr Cool.

Richard Smyth

Choosing a Woodcock reading for my @YorkLitFest event with @jennashworth, and considering a bit that would, in parts, require me to talk in "a thick, foresty Yankee baritone". Might be fun, but can't see me getting through it without lapsing into Foghorn Leghorn. https://twitter.com/RSmythFreelance/status/1443554430973091844

Out of stock

Richard Smyth

From The Tree by John Fowles. I don't think I've ever identified with a writer more. https://t.co/EIkByKzCCj

Richard Smyth

"Even if you don’t find yourself supporting Shrubsole’s restoration agenda, it’s hard to read The Lost Rainforests of Britain and not conclude that something substantial must be done, and quickly." I reviewed Guy Shrubsole's latest for @Lit_Review: https://t.co/lzGyRup0Ih

Richard Smyth

@robpalkwriter Lol at the Sir Walter Scott stans, oh you think your boy invented the historical novel, say hi to a bad bitch called Maria Edgeworth💅💪.

Out of stock

Richard Smyth

"Why the hell does everybody want to succeed? I'd like to meet somebody who wanted to fail. That's the only sublime thing." John Dos Passos, Manhattan Transfer.

Richard Smyth

Richard's terrific book The Long View is out the same day as my own, and not least because I feel we Richards should stick together, I would highly recommend it https://t.co/gaGF4siBk7 https://t.co/G114qrgZy9

Out of stock

Richard Smyth

@TobiasvRyan Whether it's a book about Jesus of Nazareth by Paul Verhoeven, or a book about Paul Verhoeven by Jesus of Nazareth, the answer is YES.

Richard Smyth

"Why the hell does everybody want to succeed? I'd like to meet somebody who wanted to fail. That's the only sublime thing." John Dos Passos, Manhattan Transfer.