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This reminded of a nice little book by Pierre Bayard called "How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read", which actually dedicates part of itself not to books whi
by tpeo 9y ago
This reminded of a nice little book by Pierre Bayard called "How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read", which actually dedicates part of itself not to books which the reader hasn't actually read, but to those which he might have forgotten. Unfortunately, I've forgotten much of the rest of the book, so I really can't say much more about it.
Still recommend it, though.
- ams6110 9y agoTalking about a book you haven't read shouldn't be too difficult. Just ask a lot of questions and pursue the interesting answers. Convincingly passing yourself off as having read the book when you haven't, is probably more difficult, but would depend on how deep the discussion gets.