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Nick Hornby - Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius

By Joe Donahue
Published December 20, 2022 at 3:00 PM EST
Riverhead Books

Bestselling author Nick Hornby is an icon in American pop culture and his latest brings his signature wit and appeal to his first nonfiction book in many years, "Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius." In it, he studies the cosmic link between these two unlikely creative geniuses.

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Joe Donahue
Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
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