Nemo's Almanac
A Quiz for Book Lovers
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-78125-951-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
Among connoisseurs of literary competitions, the most coveted laurel has long gone to first-place mention in Nemo's Almanac * New York Times * A hot event in Literary Quiz Land... The longest-running and most difficult literary competition in the world * Independent * You're an adult now, and you can take any kind of quiz you want. May I recommend Nemo's Amanac, a very old, very pedigreed literary quiz? * Paris Review *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78125-951-1 (9781781259511)
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E-Book
11/2017
Profile Books Ltd
€12.49
Available for download
Persons
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 the Observer among other publications. He is author of Guernica: And Total War (Profile, 2007), and translator of Proust's Finding Time Again (Penguin, 2003).