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Follow This Thread Henry Eliot

Follow This Thread By Henry Eliot

Follow This Thread by Henry Eliot

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Follow This Thread: A Maze Book to Get Lost In by Henry Eliot

'Delightful, ingenious and beautifully designed' Philip Pullman

'Uniquely magical, each page offers new delights. Many books are described as 'journeys' but Follow This Thread really is one' Alan Connor

'Beautifully immaculate degree zero prose . . . a coherent and exhilarating experience' Greg Bright, the 'Maze King'

Take an immersive journey into the labyrinthine world of mazes

Labyrinths are as old as humanity, the proving grounds of heroes, the paths of pilgrims, symbols of spiritual rebirth and pleasure gardens for pure entertainment. Henry Eliot, co-author of the acclaimed Curiocity, leads us on a twisting journey through the world of mazes, real and imagined, unravelling our ancient, abiding relationship with them and exploring why they continue to fascinate us, from Kafka and Kubrick to the myth of the Minotaur and a quest to solve the disappearance of the legendary Maze King. Are you ready to step inside?

Follow This Thread Reviews

Delightful, ingenious and beautifully designed -- Philip Pullman
Eliot's book darts with a nimble wit, sentences arcing from one page to the next so you must turn the entire thing as you read, an experience I had not had since the labyrinths of Mark Z Danielewski's novel House of Leaves. Ariadne's red thread runs throughout, a sinuous scribble forming mazes, but also minotaurs and Mephistopheles and Lara Croft. * New Statesman *
Genuinely odd . . . you'll want to buy copies for all your friends * Spectator *
A hypnotising and strangely physical experience. Uniquely magical, each page offers new delights. Many books are described as 'journeys' but Follow This Thread really is one. -- Alan Connor, author of Two Girls, One on Each Knee
real labyrinthine fun ... a remarkable feat of creativity * Bookseller *
Beautifully immaculate degree zero prose . . . a coherent and exhilarating experience -- Greg Bright, the 'Maze King'
The illustrations encourage the reader to follow a single red line as it surges and zigzags from page to page, sometimes making us read upside down or back to front. It turns reading into a game in which the book is both a puzzle and its own solution, and the results are variously enticing, frustrating and addictive - not unlike a real maze * Guardian *
A captivating and informative ode to the maze * Publishers Weekly US *
An utterly unique reading experience. * Booklist *
Follow This Thread can be thrillingly odd and disconcerting, its narrative twists and turns mirrored as the text shifts through various orientations on the page * Eurogamer *

About Henry Eliot

Henry Eliot (Author)
Henry Eliot is the creative editor of Penguin Classics. Having studied English Literature at Cambridge University, he has spent the past decade immersed in literature, creating a mass public pilgrimage for the National Trust inspired by William Morris, recreating Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to raise money for the National Literacy Trust and leading a number of literary tours, including a Lake Poets tour of Cumbria and a quest for the Holy Grail based on Malory's Morte Darthur. He was a Trustee of the William Blake literary society for three years. He is the author of Follow This Thread, a maze-like book about the history and psychology of mazes, and Curiocity, written with Matt Lloyd-Rose, an illustrated book of unexpected London journeys and experiences.

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GOR009001711
9781846149313
1846149312
Follow This Thread: A Maze Book to Get Lost In by Henry Eliot
Henry Eliot
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
20180405
240
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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