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Robert McCrum is an associate editor of the Observer. He was born and educated in Cambridge. For nearly 20 years he was editor-in-chief of the publishers Faber & Faber. He is the co-author of The Story of English (1986), and has written six novels. He was the literary editor of the Observer from 1996 to 2008, and has been a regular contributor to the Guardian since 1990

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	The Story of English by Robert McCrum, Robert MacNeil, William Cran 4.09 avg rating — 2,401 ratings — published 1986 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wodehouse: A Life 3.94 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language 3.27 avg rating — 615 ratings — published 2010 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Year Off : Rediscovering Life After a Stroke 3.66 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 1998 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shakespearean: On Life & Language in Times of Disruption 3.78 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Every Third Thought: On life, death and the endgame 3.58 avg rating — 153 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 100 Best Novels in English 3.50 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Penalty Kick: The Story of a Gamechanger 3.03 avg rating — 29 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fabulous Englishman by Robert McCrum, Robert McCrum 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1985 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Reading: Notes on the literary landscape, 1995-2012 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.’ Failing better is something every stroke sufferer knows about.”
― Robert McCrum, My Year Off: Rediscovering Life After a Stroke

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“About forty per cent of all strokes are unexplained. They’re a mystery, like life itself.”
― Robert McCrum, My Year Off: Rediscovering Life After a Stroke

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Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved and Died in the 1940s by Anne Sebba

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Wodehouse: A Life by Robert McCrum

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The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America by Raymond Arsenault

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Lilla's Feast: A True Story Of Love, War, And A Passion For Food by Frances Osborne

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