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The Penguin Book Quiz: From The Very Hungry Caterpillar to Ulysses – The Perfect Gift!

Autor James Walton
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 oct 2019 – vârsta de la 13 ani
The perfect gift for Christmas

Which Haruki Murakami novel shares its title with a Beatles song? In Roald Dahl'sCharlie and the Chocolate Factory, what is Charlie's surname? What is heavy-drinking Rachel Watson known as in the title of a 21st-century bestseller? And what do you get if you add the number of Bennet sisters in Jane Austen'sPride and Prejudiceto the number of Karamazov brothers in Fyodor Dostoevsky'sThe Brothers Karamazov?

With four hundred questions covering books from literary classics to modern bestsellers, through iconic children's books and books you say that you've read but really you haven't,The Penguin BookQuizis as appropriate for making you look well-read at a party as it is for a book-loving family to tuck into after Christmas dinner: it's as enjoyable to read as it is to play.

Featuring the work of everyone from Antony Beevor to Zadie Smith, books fromThe Very Hungry CaterpillartoUlysses, and with movie, music, television, theatre and literary references abounding, this entertaining quiz tickles the fancy (and the brains) of light and heavy readers alike.

Answers:
- Norwegian Wood
- Bucket
-The Girl on the Train
- Eight (five sisters, three brothers)

'Unceasingly enormous fun' Alan Connor, author ofThe Joy of Quiz

'I'll definitely be buying copies of this book as gifts' Emma Healey, author ofElizabeth is Missing

'The greatest social lubricant since the invention of alcohol' John Preston, author ofA Very English Scandal
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780241986035
ISBN-10: 0241986036
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

James Waltonhas written and hosted 17 series of BBC Radio 4's books quiz,The Write Stuff. He also writes questions for BBC2'sOnly Connectand contributes a weekly quiz to theFT Weekendmagazine. He is the books editor ofReader's Digestand reviews books for theSpectator,The Times,Guardian,Daily Mail,Daily TelegraphandThe New York Review of Books. His previous books areThe Faber Book of SmokingandSonnets, Bonnets and Bennetts: A Literary Quiz Book.

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Tip: Start the day with a quiz. My long-suffering partner bought me James Walton'sThe Penguin Book Quizfor Christmas. It wakes you up, gives you a laugh and makes you feel like you're not wasting your time, because you're learning things
Detailed, entertaining and wonderfully informative, a must-have for quiz aficionados and bibliophiles alike
It's so much fun. The perfect level for keen but not necessarily expert readers. Specific enough to make you reach back into your memory and occasionally kick yourself at not finding the answer, but not so specialised that you want to give up . . . I'll definitely be buying copies of this book as gifts
Few quiz questions make you smile, laugh or gasp. James Walton's always do.The Penguin Book Quizis unceasingly enormous fun
Quite possibly the greatest social lubricant since the invention of alcohol. An absolute delight
Attractively presented in vintage Penguin livery, this is the ultimate literary quiz, packed full of questions on everyone from Dickens to Dahl. With such a broad range of genres and topics covered,The Penguin Book Quizreally is the perfect antidote to tired parlour games and awkward small talk this Christmas
The perfect gift for the sort of person (like me) who shouts the answers at University Challenge
Fiendish, funny and endlessly surprising, James Walton has provided the perfect volume for anyone who loves books, relishes a quiz or just fancies showing off at a dinner party
A must for those who think they know their literature . . . includes the unexpected, alongside the more serious
How nice it would be if the family would sit around the Boxing Day fireside considering the questions in affable competition