{"product_id":"eliots-book-of-bookish-lists-a-sparkling-miscellany-of-literary-lists-hardcover","title":"Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists: A Sparkling Miscellany of Literary Lists - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry Eliot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sparkling miscellany of literary trivia. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I loved this so much. Lists for bookish folk, filled with things I had not known or dreamed.\" --\u003cb\u003eNeil Gaiman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'If there was a list of books about lists, \u003c\/i\u003eEliot's Book of Bookish Lists\u003ci\u003ewould be top.' --\u003cb\u003ePhilip Pullman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho had birds called Death, Wigs and Spinach? How do you spell the noise of a door slamming? Whose working title was \u003ci\u003eThe Chronic Argonauts\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003e Henry Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists\u003c\/i\u003e is the essential gift for book-lovers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Eliot\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Classics Book\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Modern Classics Book\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFollow This Thread \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCuriocity: An Alternative A-Z of London\u003c\/i\u003e. An inveterate bookworm, Henry has tackled a number of bookish adventures, such as recreating Chaucer's \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, leading pilgrims from Southwark to Canterbury and retelling the tales along the way; mounting a quest for the Holy Grail based on Malory's \u003ci\u003eMorte d'Arthur\u003c\/i\u003e; 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 \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eOn the Road with Penguin Classics\u003c\/i\u003e, in which he travels to discuss books with guests including Frank Cottrell Boyce, Louis de Berniè res, Rachel Joyce, Patience Agbabi, Andrew Motion and Will Self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765232730400,"sku":"9780241562727","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e5650992fc48c325b60914af518ca5aa.webp?v=1780264463","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/eliots-book-of-bookish-lists-a-sparkling-miscellany-of-literary-lists-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}