The Madman's Library: The Greatest Curiosities of Literature - Edward Brooke-Hitching - ★★★

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AUTHOR: Edward Brooke-Hitching
GENRE: Nonfiction
PUBLICATION DATE: October 1, 2020
RATING: 3 stars.

As the tagline of this book suggests, it is a collection of "the Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History." The book contains many interesting historical tidbits about strange, curiousity-inducing books from the past. While the collection covered is staggering, the information is presented in a very dry manner. I felt like I was reading a documentary rather than reading an captivating ode to the books of the past. The photographs are vast in range and do absolute justice to the book. After a few chapters, I just began flipping through the photographs as I couldn't maintain interest in the writing style. This will be a fabulous book no doubt for those who like to read encyclopaedic tomes but they aren't my cup of tea and I was expecting something else from this ARC.

Thank you to NetGalley and Chronicle Books for providing this ARC.

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