Pulphead

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The ghost of Mark Twain is evoked in this outstanding collection of essays * Sunday Times * Pulphead is a big, fat, frequently exhilarating collection * Guardian * Pulphead has a ramshackle loquacity, a down-home hyper-eloquence and an off-the-wallishness that is quite distinct - and highly addictive -- Goeff Dyer The best, and most important collection of magazine writing since David Foster Wallace's A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again * New York Times Book Review * From prehistoric caves to Axl Rose's oxygen chamber, Sullivan's generous, witty voice lights up every page -- Joe Dunthorne The most involving collection of essays to appear in many a year * Harper's Baazar * I was totally blown away by this collection of the new new new journalism, or however many "news" we're up to these days. I think I like it as much - at times, even more - than Foster Wallace's A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never do Again. And that, for me, is saying a lot -- (interview with) Zadie Smith * Foyles website * The best non-fiction... whether he's writing about the southern literary tradition or smoking pot in Disneyland, the man is astute, funny and wonderful company -- Nick Laird * Guardian * The essay collection continues to thrive; of the many I came across this year, the best ... [included] Pulphead -- Leo Robson * New Statesman * Magnificent ... elegant, engaged and full of feeling... I've lost count of the number of people I've pressed it on -- Olivia Laing * New Statesman *