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Tue 09 Sep 2009Obsessional bibliophile's compelling account of life lived by the book

Book of the Day: "Outside of a Dog A Bibliomemoir" By Rick Gekoski Constable, 278pp £14.99

THIS IS a curious book. Rick Gekoski, a book dealer and former academic, now is his 60s, has described his life through the 25 books that have most influenced him.