As I Was Saying : a collection of musings by Dessaix, Robert, 1944- instant download

As I Was Saying : a collection of musings by Dessaix, Robert, 1944- instant download

220 pages ; 21 cm, This book is a swirling conversation with the reader on everything from travel to dogs and cats, from sport and swearing to the pleasures of idleness. Robert Dessaix's new collection of non-fiction is a swirling conversation with the reader on everything from travel to dogs and cats, from sport and swearing to the pleasures of idleness. Punctuated at regular intervals by talks Dessaix has given on a wide range of subjects, as well as by some of his most incisive journalism, the conversation invites the reader to join a leisurely guided tour of his chamber of curiosities, featuring pieces collected from all over the globe from across the centuries, On noise and silence -- On the nose -- Conversation -- Letters to an unknown friend -- Vladivostok -- Postcard from Damascus -- Alexandria -- The grand illusion -- Beauty -- Caught you! Reflections on being painted -- Australia -- So long, mate -- The subjunctive -- Swearing -- On phrasebooks