4 Jan 2011

Jim Flynn - Top five essential reads

From Summer Noelle, 10:47 am on 4 January 2011

Intelligence expert, professor of politics and author of 'The Torchlight List: Around the World in 200 Books'. Jim believes that reading great literature could be better than a university education and his top five essential reads are - The Slave, by Isaac Bashevis Singer; The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder; The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Spark of Life, by Erich Maria Remarque; End as a Man, by Calder Willingham.

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