Curiosities of Literature

John Sutherland

RRP: £12.99

Publisher: CHATTO & WINDUS

Publication Date : 04/09/2008

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

A discursive and fascinating tour through some of the arcane byways of literature. This collection of essays covers everything from authors' lives, deaths and vices, insights into famous works to all sorts of literary trivia. Perfect for anyone who loves reading; illustrated throughout with cartoons by Martin Rowson.

Publisher's description:

Which author had the heaviest brain? Whose manuscript was inadvertently used to light a fire? What was the original title of 1984? This anthology offers a miscellany of fact and trivia.

ISBN: 9781905211975