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Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists Henry Eliot

Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists By Henry Eliot

Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists by Henry Eliot


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Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists Summary

Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists: A sparkling miscellany of literary lists by Henry Eliot

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 Orwell's pet cockerel and rummage through Joan Didion's travelling bag; we consider the history of literary fart jokes, orbit the Shakespearean moons of Uranus and meet several pigs with wings. 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.

Beautifully presented with supplementary maps and illustrations, Henry Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists is the essential gift for book-lovers.

Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists Reviews

The ultimate book for lovers of lists and literature . . . surprising, inspiring and amusing -- Denise O'Donoghue * Irish Examiner *
Eliot's books have been my equivalent of big game almanacs. This book is half a delight and half a gauntlet -- Stuart Kelly * Scotsman *
An eccentric idea beautifully executed -- Louis de Bernieres
If there was a list of books about lists, Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists would be top -- Philip Pullman
Hours of innocent snacking -- Iain Sinclair
An absolute delight - Borges meets with Buzzfeed -- Tom Holland
A gorgeous confection . . . How do I love this book? Let me list the ways . . . -- Chris Riddell
Brim-full of piquant and scrumptious surprises -- John Lloyd
Thoroughly enjoyable... As amusing as it is informing -- Michael Portillo
Buried deep in the etymology of the word 'list' is the notion of pleasure. Mr Eliot's marvellous vade mecum reminds us why -- John Mitchinson
I loved Eliot's book for its wit, learning, eccentricity and unrepentant bookishness -- Alan Taylor
A trove of treasures from start to finish -- Dennis Duncan

About 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 Bernieres, Rachel Joyce, Patience Agbabi, Andrew Motion and Will Self.

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NGR9780241562727
9780241562727
0241562724
Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists: A sparkling miscellany of literary lists by Henry Eliot
New
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
20221006
160
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