Alan Connor celebrates the wit, ingenuity and frustration of setting and solving puzzles. From the beaches of D-Day to the imaginary worlds of three-dimensional crosswords, to the British school teachers and journalists who turned the form into the fiendish sport it is today, encompassing the most challenging clues, particular tricks, the world's greatest setters and famous solvers, PG Wodehouse and the torturers of the Spanish Inquisition, this is an ingenious book for lovers of this very particular form of wordplay.
| ISBN: | 9781846148415 |
| Publication date: | 7th November 2013 |
| Author: | Alan Connor |
| Publisher: | Particular Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Genres: |
Crosswords and word games History of ideas Language: history and general works |
Alan Connor celebrates the wit, ingenuity and frustration of setting and solving puzzles. From the beaches of D-Day to the imaginary worlds of three-dimensional crosswords, to the British school teachers and journalists who turned the form into the fiendish sport it is today, encompassing the most challenging clues, particular tricks, the world's greatest setters and famous solvers, PG Wodehouse and the torturers of the Spanish Inquisition, this is an ingenious book for lovers of this very particular form of wordplay.
Two Girls, One on Each Knee features in the following genres: Crosswords and word games, History of ideas, Language: history and general works
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Two Girls, One on Each Knee was written by Alan Connor and published by Particular Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Two Girls, One on Each Knee has 320 pages