The hill I will die on: Heavy, awkward and incredibly expensive – we don’t need hardback books | Larry Ryan

It’s an annoying choice: either lug around a heavy tome or try to remember when the paperback version is coming out Recently, readers have been all a-flutter over the publication of Patrick Radden Keefe’s richly reported new book, London Falling. Reviews of the celebrated writer’s exploration of the death of an English teenager embroiled in the murky worlds of crime and the ultra-rich have been rapturous. The podcast interviews are plentiful and images of the fresh hardback copy are popping ...

By Larry Ryan