Play It Again: An Amateur Against The Impossible - Hardcover

Rusbridger, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224093770 ISBN 13: 9780224093774

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 2013

Synopsis

Play it Again As editor of the "Guardian", the author's life is dictated by the demands of the 24-hour news cycle. It is not the kind of job that leaves much time for hobbies. But in the summer of 2010, he managed to make his annual escape to a 'piano camp'. Full description

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Review:

"Extraordinary... Prepare to be inspired" (Sunday Telegraph)

"Bernard Levin once told me that journalism was "half gossip, half obsession, half slog and half madness". If that's true Play it Again is a minor classic from a major hack...it's about a stressed, insanely busy middle-aged person finding time to cultivate a hobby and discovering that his inner fire has been rekindled. That's a lesson we all need." (Richard Morrison The Times)

"As soon as you enter the pages you are hooked, not just by the efforts to overcome this elusive piece through curiousity and courage, but by the clear way in which the diary takes the reader into the murky world of WikiLeaks and the still more polluted waters of phone hacking by News International... Riveting stuff... Play It Again is a hugely enjoyable, touching and informative volume" (Literary Review)

"An absorbing and technically detailed book. Rusbridger is a vivid writer who is able to make the physical experience of playing the piano.very gripping." (Nicholas Kenyon Times Literary Supplement)

"In his page-turning diary, Chopin has to make room for Julian Assange, Leveson and the hacking scandal. This charming, nimble, book argues that a life cannot be too rounded nor a day too full." (Daily Telegraph)

Book Description:

The Guardian editor's account of a remarkable musical challenge during an extraordinary year for news.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0224093770
• ISBN 13: 9780224093774
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416