The Most Enjoyable Book on Writing Since William Goldman's Adventures in the Screentrade -- Andrew Crofts

 "Blurb Your Enthusiasm: An A-Z of Literary Persuasion" by Louise Willder is the most entertaining book on writing I have read since William Goldman's "Adventures in the Screentrade", and it must be nearly forty years since I read that.

We all know that actually writing books is a piece of cake compared with trying to persuade people to buy and read them, and Louise Willder is a world-class expert when it comes to that part of the business. She is wildly enthusiastic about books of all types, and her enthusiasm is highly infectious. She is also a very funny writer, and this book has the same charm as Lynne Truss's "Eats, Shoots and Leaves", which I'm guessing I read about twenty years ago.

Books of this standard don't come along very often, so if reading and writing are your thing, don't miss it!