Spin Off
Choose Your Puzzle-Filled Path to TV Stardom
Published on 16. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-83643-009-4 (ISBN)
Description
Think you'd make it in the cut-throat world of reality TV? Time to find out!
'A charming and original (and a little bit bonkers) puzzle book that is also a choose-your-own-path adventure.' Alex Bellos, Guardian
Ever fancied your chances on Love Island? Reckon you'd be a deft hand at Bake-Off? A shoe in on The Traitors? Then join quizmaster and puzzler extraordinaire Frank Paul - fresh from the sordid, steamy set of Only Connect - to find out in Spin Off, a choose-your-own-path puzzle book.
Infiltrate the inner circle of ageing, semi-famous rockstar Iago Hitz and his dysfunctional family for a mind-boggling journey through the wildest reality TV sets. Get ready to partake in vicious anagram-based feuds, riddle your way into exclusive endorsement deals, disentangle yourself from scandal - and maybe discover a secret, behind-the-scenes conspiracy in the process... Fully illustrated and replete with Frank Paul's characteristically fiendish visual conundrums, Spin Off is the perfect chaser for fans of Murdle and Cain's Jawbone.
'A mind-meltingly brilliant read... Frank Paul's book is inventive, enigmatic and playful in equal parts.' James Harkin, co-host of No Such Thing as a Fish
'A charming and original (and a little bit bonkers) puzzle book that is also a choose-your-own-path adventure.' Alex Bellos, Guardian
Ever fancied your chances on Love Island? Reckon you'd be a deft hand at Bake-Off? A shoe in on The Traitors? Then join quizmaster and puzzler extraordinaire Frank Paul - fresh from the sordid, steamy set of Only Connect - to find out in Spin Off, a choose-your-own-path puzzle book.
Infiltrate the inner circle of ageing, semi-famous rockstar Iago Hitz and his dysfunctional family for a mind-boggling journey through the wildest reality TV sets. Get ready to partake in vicious anagram-based feuds, riddle your way into exclusive endorsement deals, disentangle yourself from scandal - and maybe discover a secret, behind-the-scenes conspiracy in the process... Fully illustrated and replete with Frank Paul's characteristically fiendish visual conundrums, Spin Off is the perfect chaser for fans of Murdle and Cain's Jawbone.
'A mind-meltingly brilliant read... Frank Paul's book is inventive, enigmatic and playful in equal parts.' James Harkin, co-host of No Such Thing as a Fish
Reviews / Votes
'Rejoice! A new Frank Paul! An adventure playground for our wits.' -Alan Connor, author of The Joy of Quiz 'A charming and original (and a little bit bonkers) puzzle book that is also a choose-your-own-path adventure. Readers of this column will, I'm sure, be receiving many copies of this book for Christmas!' -Alex Bellos, Guardian 'It's a delight to weave through Frank Paul's uniquely devious puzzles. A mind-meltingly brilliant read... A book to get lost in, both literally and figuratively, Frank Paul's book is inventive, enigmatic and playful in equal parts. A masterpiece of misdirection.'- James Harkin, co-host of No Such Thing as a Fish 'Frank Paul is a dazzling quizzer' -Victoria Coren MitchellMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
With flaps
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83643-009-4 (9781836430094)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Frank Paul is a fine artist and a superstar in the world of quizzes. He is the author of The Cryptic Pub Quiz. An Only Connect champion, he was proposed to by Victoria Coren Mitchell on TV. He lives in Cambridge where he runs the notoriously difficult Mill pub quiz.