{"product_id":"on-agoraphobia-paperback","title":"On Agoraphobia - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGraham Caveney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of my favourite living writers: intelligent, lucid and, most impressive of all, funny' Jonathan Coe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Intellectually curious, emotionally bracing and immensely erudite' Blake Morrison, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Captivating' Richard Beard\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf we're talking agoraphobia, we're talking books. I slip between their covers, lose myself in the turn of one page, re-discover myself on the next. Reading is a game of hide-and-seek. Narrative and neurosis, uneasy bedfellows sleeping top to toe.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Graham Caveney was in his early twenties he began to suffer from what was eventually diagnosed as agoraphobia. What followed were decades of managing his condition and learning to live within the narrow limits it imposed on his life: no motorways, no dual carriageways, no shopping centres, limited time outdoors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGraham's quest to understand his illness brought him back to his first love: books. From Harper Lee's Boo Radley, Ford Madox Ford, Emily Dickinson, and Shirley Jackson: the literary world is replete with examples of agoraphobics - once you go looking for them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Agoraphobia\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating, entertaining and sometimes painfully acute look at what it means to go through life with an anxiety disorder that evades easy definition.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraham Caveney is a freelance writer. He has written on music and fiction for the NME, The Face and the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of three previous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize, and shortlisted for the Portico Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.4 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50331231125741,"sku":"9781529057720","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/OOGbVSmv4p9781529057720.webp?v=1784949551","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/on-agoraphobia-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}