A style guide by stealth - how anyone can write well (and can enjoy good writing).
Joe Moran is Professor of English and Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores University and is the author of seven books, including Queuing for Beginners- The Story of Daily Life from Breakfast to Bedtime, Armchair Nation- An Intimate History of Britain in Front of the TV, Shrinking Violets- The Secret Life of Shyness and First You Write a Sentence. He writes for, among others, the Guardian, the New Statesman and the Times Literary Supplement.
Joe Moran has a genius for turning the prosaic poetic
*Peter Hennessy*
Thoughtful reflections on how to write well
*Guardian Review*
Joe Moran is the most perceptive and original observer of British
life that we have
*Matthew Engel*
Moran has fast become Britain's foremost explorer and explainer of
the disregarded
*Juliet Gardiner, author of 'Wartime: Britain 1939-1945'*
Moran is a wonderful, witty writer, and here he surpasses
himself
*Daily Mail*
Compelling . . . There's plenty in Moran's book to delight grammar
and language nerds
*The Spectator*
Humane and witty . . . as a primer in generous and lively writing,
First You Write a Sentence is blithe and convincing
*New York Times*
Exquisite...Moran's own sentences are so deliciously epigrammatic
that I considered giving up chocolate in favour of re-reading his
book...He is more mentor than instructor
*TLS*
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