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  • Hardcover: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd (24 Mar 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0715633120
  • ISBN-13: 978-0715633120
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 5.8 cm
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  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 662,363 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A massive indispensable book ... The Power of Delight is a testament to his genius


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Every line demonstrates the fruits of serious reading, but Bayley's scholarship reads not dustily but lustily

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