Dostoevsky v pornography (Afghanistan edition)

Porn is prevalent, more prevalent than Dostoevsky.

- Dan Clements, in The Times

Books I've actually finished lately: 65

Why did the garbage have to be personally delivered to the Dumpster at the moment the truck arrived? I don't know, but Old Uzbek does have one hundred different words for crying.

- Elif Batuman

An April Fool(!)

Mae Dappersonne introduces Penguin Now!, a new range of classic novels grammatically updated for 2014.

Should Penguin Now! prove a success, the team are looking into replacing the traditional ? with a more contemporary :/

[With thanks to Alexandra Coghlan]