Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists
A sparkling miscellany of literary lists
$33.34
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
29 November 2022
Summary
A sparkling miscellany of literary trivia
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. This eclectic gallimaufry showcases his favourites. We witness the tragic ends of the Ancient Greek tragedians, learn the name of George…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241562727 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241562724 |
| Author: | Henry Eliot |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Particular Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 29 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 239g |
| Dimensions: | 204mm x 138mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
The ideal companion, quick words, smart disjunctions, for a long cold bath. In fact, this book goes straight to the top of my waterproof list
I loved this so much. Lists for bookish folk, filled with things I had not known or dreamed – Neil Gaiman
Totally enthralling… The perfect bedside book – Jilly Cooper
An eccentric idea beautifully executed – Louis de Bernières
If there was a list of books about lists, Eliot’s Book of Bookish Lists would be top – Philip Pullman
An absolute delight - Borges meets Buzzfeed – Tom Holland
A gorgeous confection … How do I love this book? Let me list the ways … – Chris Riddell
Brimful of piquant and scrumptious surprises – John Lloyd
Hours of innocent snacking – Iain Sinclair
Very entertaining and sprightly – Ian McKellen
Thoroughly enjoyable… As amusing as it is informing – Michael Portillo
About The Author
Henry Eliot
Henry Eliot is the author of The Penguin Classics Book, The Penguin Modern Classics Book, Follow This Thread and Curiocity: An Alternative A-Z of London. An inveterate bookworm, Henry has tackled a number of bookish adventures, such as recreating Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, leading pilgrims from Southwark to Canterbury and retelling the tales along the way; mounting a quest for the Holy Grail based on Malory’s Morte d’Arthur; swimming across the Hellespont from Europe to Asia on the bicentenary of Lord Byron’s crossing (the subject of Byron’s 1810 poem, ‘Written after Swimming from Sestos to Abydos’); and reading Ulysses in real-time on Bloomsday, 16 June, starting at 8am with grilled kidneys and finishing in the early hours of the following morning. He produced an interactive edition of Shakespeare’s The Tempest in collaboration with Sir Ian McKellen and Professor Sir Jonathan Bate, which Apple named one of the ‘10 best apps of 2016’, and for five years he was an editor of the Penguin Classics series in London. Today he is one of the QI research elves and hosts the podcast On the Road with Penguin Classics, in which he travels to discuss books with guests including Frank Cottrell Boyce, Louis de Bernières, Rachel Joyce, Patience Agbabi, Andrew Motion and Will Self.
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