On Agoraphobia
11 May 2023Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
‘One of my favourite living writers: intelligent, lucid and, most impressive of all, funny’ - Jonathan Coe
If we’re talking agoraphobia, we’re talking books. I slip between their covers, lose myself in the turn of one page, re-discover myself on the next. Reading is a game of hide-and-seek. Narrative and neurosis, uneasy bedfellows sleeping top to toe.
On Agoraphobia is a fascinating,...
Details
11 May 2023208 pages
9781529057720Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Never less than completely absorbing, simply because [Caveney] is such a nimble, exact writer, able to move swiftly but unjarringly between daft jokes and serious reflections.Telegraph
Intellectually curious, emotionally bracing and immensely erudite. . .bright and funny, and full of telling quotes. . .it will hearten people who have agoraphobia, enlighten medics and teach outsiders all the lessons Caveney has learnedBlake Morrison, Guardian
A strange and many-headed work that melds personal experience with cultural criticism....thoughtful, humane and unjustly enjoyableSunday Times
One of my favourite living writers: intelligent, lucid and, most impressive of all, funny – even when he’s writing about the most difficult subjects.Jonathan Coe
