{"product_id":"9780241562727","title":"Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists: A sparkling miscellany of literary lists","description":"\u003cb\u003eA sparkling miscellany of literary trivia. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Penguin Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42670630207549,"sku":"9780241562727","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780241562727_p0.jpg?v=1771577143","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9780241562727","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}