Patterson Nemo's Almanac

A Quiz for Book Lovers
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78283-403-8
Verlag: Profile
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Which bestselling novelist wrote about a tumble at the seaside? Do you know the poet who penned lines in praise of frogs? And who had strong opinions on April?
A well-kept secret of the literary world for over a hundred years, the fiendishly addictive Nemo's Almanac quiz is now available in book form for the first time. Each chapter will put your knowledge to the test as you search for the origins of quotes on subjects from breakfast to bonfires, and from sunshine to snow.
Featuring the work of everyone from Aldous Huxley to Zadie Smith, Nemo's Almanac is a quirky gem of a quiz, which will tantalise, entertain and enlighten whether enjoyed alone or with friends. And if that tip-of-your-tongue feeling doesn't transform into a solution, the answers in the back will send you on fresh journeys of literary discovery.
Includes a short history of the quiz from former Nemo's Almanac editor Alan Hollinghurst.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patterson, Ian

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hollinghurst, Alan

Über Autor(innen)

Patterson, Ian
Ian Patterson teaches (mainly modern) English literature at Cambridge, where he is a Fellow of Queens' College. He is also a poet.

Ian Patterson is editor of
Nemo's Almanac, a literary competition in its 126th year. He is also a poet, writer and a Fellow at Queens' College, Cambridge. His writing has appeared in the
London Review of Books and
Observer among other publications. He is author of
Guernica: And Total War (Profile, 2007), and translator of Proust's
Finding Time Again (Penguin, 2003).