'Restlessly curious, insightful, and quirky, David Damrosch is the perfect guide to a round-the-world adventure in reading' Stephen Greenblatt

A transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, told through eighty classic and modern books

'It is always a pleasure to talk about books with David Damrosch, who has read all of them, and he is so eloquent and understanding about them all' Orhan Pamuk

Inspired by Jules Verne's hero Phileas Fogg, David Damrosch, chair of ...