Reading for Survival Author:John D. MacDonald October 1985 Edition, Green wraps, Library of Congress/BMOC 1987. Trade Paperback. 4 1/2" X 7". 47 Pages. October 1985 Edition. Essay in which author engages two of his most memorable characters in a Socratic dialogue which describes the ability to read was not only a source of pleasure but a survival skill, and he gave that belief memorable e... more »xpression in this piece, which was one of his last written works. He begins by describing the terrible isolation of the non reader, his life without meaning or substance because he cannot comprehend the world in which he lives.« less