You can tell a lot about a person by the books they read and the music they listen to. I haven’t had too much time for reading lately because I’ve been writing such a lot. But reading has brought as much pleasure to me as sex. I don’t like to think of a world without music and books. If the fundamentalists ever take over and start burning books I’d have to martyr myself in the cause.

These then are the books I have been reading this year. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed them all. Though some more than others. Colin Wilson was a bit disappointing and much as I adore Son House, the book on him was not brilliant and wrong in places.