Books Author Forename:Ian Her husband is on trial

Her husband is on trial for murder

but often touching on a deep-rooted fear

she takes him from the darkness and paints their world with her words

whom Cookie thinks is too slick by half

Books Author Forename:Ian Her husband is on trialReading is a necessary part of reality, and an unavoidable part of everyday life. We live within language, and using it is as natural to us as breathing. When we think, it's what we think with. This a book about books, about the subversive power of reading, and about the strange nature of books as objects. Ever since childhood, books have been at the centre of Ian Patterson's life, as a poet, teacher, translator, bookseller and collector. As he