A Sparkling Miscellany of Literary trivia.
Beautifully presented with supplementary maps and illustrations, Henry Eliot\'s Book of Bookish Lists is the essential gift for book-lovers..
From the sublime to the ridiculous - and everything in between - Eliot\'s lists, recommendations and nuggets of trivia will delight, inspire and surprise anyone who loves reading.
This eclectic gallimaufry showcases his favorites: we witness the tragic ends of the Ancient Greek tragedians, learn the name of George Orwell\'s pet cockerel and rummage through Joan Didion\'s traveling bag; we consider the history of Literary fart jokes, orbit the Shakespearean moons of Uranus and meet several pigs with wings. -- Neil Gaiman \'If there was a list of books about lists, Eliot\'s Book of Bookish Lists would be top.\' -- Philip Pullman Who had birds called Death, Wigs and Spinach? How do you spell the noise of a door slamming? Whose working title was The Chronic Argonauts ? Henry Eliot - author, editor and insatiable bookworm - has ransacked the libraries and archives of world literature, compiling hundreds of Bookish lists.
Lists for Bookish folk, filled with things I had not known or dreamed.
I loved this so much.
A Sparkling Miscellany of Literary trivia
