When 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.
Curiosities of Literature : A Feast for Book Lovers
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The Solitary Summer
Elizabeth Von Arnim
bookDiktarhjärtat : Lotten von Kræmers litteraturliv
Anna Williams, Lotten von Kræmer
bookParis: A Love Story
Kati Marton
bookDen oavslutade litteraturen : en essä om allt som inte blev klart
Kristoffer Leandoer
bookOm Morels uppfinning av Adolfo Bioy Casares
Jorge Luis Borges
bookRaoul Wallenberg : en biografi
Bengt Jangfeldt
bookSummary of Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes
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bookWallenberg : The Incredible True Story of the Man Who Saved the Jews of Budapest
Kati Marton
bookFörnuft och högmod
Lena Andersson
bookThe World of Yesterday
Stefan Zweig
bookMalminetsijät : Kertomus kahdesta työttömästä geologista, jotka iskivät kultasuoneen.
Elina Grundström
bookMitt stora vackra hat
Elisabeth Åsbrink
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