Why Not Catch-21?: The Stories Behind the Titles

Why Not Catch-21?: The Stories Behind the Titles
by Gary Dexter

Why Not Catch-21?: The Stories Behind the Titles
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Author: Gary Dexter
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-01
ISBN: 0711229252
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Frances Lincoln

Summary of Why Not Catch-21?: The Stories Behind the Titles

Based on the author's long-running column in London's Sunday Telegraph, this diverting book offers literary history in bite sizes, presenting surprising details on each of 50 classic work's genesis and composition. Emphasizing books that are literally inexplicable without this background knowledge, the book covers iconic works from Thomas Moore's Utopia to Joyce's Ulysses. Along the way readers learn what Wordsworth's Prelude was a prelude to, the identity of the original Jeeves, why A Clockwork Orange wasn't A Robotic Banana, and much more.

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