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OverviewWhen did cigarettes start making an appearance in English literature? Which author's heart was purportedly eaten by a cat? One of our best-known and best-loved literary critics turns his attention to the more bizarre areas of literature in this miscellany of fact and trivia. Which author had the heaviest brain? What was the original title of 1984? Who made the first bouillon soup? What do 12 percent of all winners of the Booker Prize have in common? What didn't happen on Thomas Carlyle's famous wedding night? And, while we're at it, who wrote the first Western, and is there any link between asthma and literary genius? Sutherland's irreverent literary masterpiece illuminates every topic imaginable from author advances to Civil War literature to Victorian sex to odd things eaten by literary characters (think Patrick Bateman's girlfriend in American Psycho). Other fascinating insights include the fact that the number one title among American Civil War soldiers was Les Miserables. This is the ideal anthology of fascinating information and trivia for all book lovers. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John Sutherland , Martin RowsonPublisher: Skyhorse Publishing Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.10cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9781602393714ISBN 10: 1602393710 Pages: 273 Publication Date: 22 April 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsA thoroughly engaging compendium of literary arcadia. . . . Highly recommended. (Nicholas Basbanes, author of A Gentle Madness) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |