In the magic realm

Jim Flynn's journey around the world in 200 books is not the liberating experience he intends.

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5th March, 2011

It probably ill behoves a man who earns his living passing judgment on books to complain about someone imposing his literary preferences on other people and urging them to spend the next five years working their way through a prescribed reading list. But what the hell, here goes. Already a bestseller, Jim Flynn's The Torchlight List: Around the World in 200 Books might seem just the tool to have to hand as we head into New Zealand Book Month, remodelled this ...

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