Nemo's Almanac: A Quiz for Book Lovers
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (608 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01MTB8D04 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 459 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Among connoisseurs of literary competitions, the most coveted laurel has long gone to first-place mention in Nemo's Almanac * New York Times *
Wonderful, maddening, enlightening, Nemo's Almanac has been the well-guarded secret of the literary world for over a century, beloved by authors and booksellers alike. Curl up by a fire with your wits about you, stuff the book in your pocket for a trip to the library, or quiz the whole family after dinner. Answers: George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four; Isaac Watts, 'O God, Our Help'; Gerard Manley Hopkins, 'The Wreck of the Deutschland'. With tantalising, elegant quotes arranged around themes from fashion to fire, winter to sunshine, each chapter will test your knowledge and literary instinct - and if that tip-of-your-tongue feeling doesn't m
He is also a poet, writer and a Fellow at Queens' College, Cambridge. . He is author of Guernica: And Total War (Profile, 2007), and translator of Proust's Finding Time Again (Penguin, 2003). His writing has appeared in the London Review of Books and Observer among other publications. Ian Patterson is editor of Nemo's Almanac, a literary competition in its 126th year