Full name: The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction

Author: Neil Gaiman Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Essays, Short Stories Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780062262264 9780062262271 0062262262 0062262270

An inquisitive observer, thoughtful commentator, and assiduous craftsman, Neil Gaiman has long been celebrated for the sharp intellect and startling imagination that informs his bestselling fiction. Now, The View from the Cheap Seats brings together for the first time ever more than sixty pieces of his outstanding nonfiction. Analytical yet playful, erudite yet accessible, this cornucopia explores a broad range of interests and topics, including (but not limited to): authors past and present; music; storytelling; comics; bookshops; travel; fairy tales; America; inspiration; libraries; ghosts; and the title piece, at turns touching and self-deprecating, which recounts the author's experiences at the 2010 Academy Awards in Hollywood. Similar books: Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed by Meghan Daum My Heart Is an Idiot by Davy Rothbart In Brief by Judith Kitchen The Unspeakable by Meghan Daum I Wear the Black Hat by Chuck Klosterman A Slip of the Keyboard by Terry Pratchett The New Kings of Nonfiction by Ira Glass Pieces of the Frame by John McPhee Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk The Lifespan of a Fact by John D'Agata What now? by Ann Patchett The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison The Ecstasy of Influence by Jonathan Lethem Halls of Fame by John D'Agata Impossible Owls by Brian Phillips Other Colors by Orhan Pamuk Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live by Joan Didion This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett