84, Charing Cross Road (book review)

by Richard Subber | Jan 23, 2022 | Book reviews, Books, Books Commentary, Joys of reading

a really good book about books…

Book review:

84, Charing Cross Road

by Helene Hanff

New York: Grossman Publishers, 1970

84, Charing Cross Road is a perhaps iconic epistolary opus and a minor delight for bibliophile readers.

Helene Hanff (1916-1997) was an antiquarian book freak in New York City who was thrilled to have a 20-year long-distance relationship by mail with the staff of a small book shop in London at 84, Charing Cross Road, namely, Marks & Co.

Her love of books, her humanity, and her blithe spirit are on display, as is the somewhat reserved and very British geniality of Frank Doel and the staffers at Marks & Co. who kept Helene supplied with the obscure old books that she loved so much.

If you’re still reading this review, you probably are ready to start reading the book.

Otherwise, you know…

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