Every Third Thought
24 August 2017Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
As read on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
'Moving, intellectual and unsentimental. I think it will become a classic' Melvyn Bragg
'Thoughtful, subtle, elegantly clever and oddly joyous, Every Third Thought is beautiful' Kate Mosse
In 1995, at the age of forty-two, Robert McCrum suffered a dramatic and near-fatal stroke. Since that life-changing event, McCrum has lived in the shadow...
Details
24 August 2017256 pages
9781509815319Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Thoughtful, subtle, elegantly clever and oddly joyous, Every Third Thought is beautiful and - most of all - trueKate Mosse, author of Labyrinth
Every Third Thought is an important book, and one that brings death into the light, uncovering both the losses we have to endure, as well as the gifts we can receive if we are open to it. Profoundly moving and fascinating. It is a gem.Julia Samuel, author of Grief Works
As an assemblage of great quotes and prompts for further reading, Every Third Thought rivals DJ Enright's anthology The Oxford Book of Death. McCrum adds striking metaphors of his own.Blake Morrison, Guardian
A wry and reflective treatise on mortality . . . fascinating and paradoxically enjoyableRoger Lewis, The Times
