Curiosities of literature
Subtitle: a feast for book lovers
By: John Sutherland ; with illustrations by Martin Rowson
Contributors: Rowson, Martin
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.; Skyhorse; SKYHORSE
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781616080747; 9781626365971; 9781628733327
Subjects: Languages & Literatures; Literary curiosa; Literature; REFERENCE; Literature - General; Miscellanea; Trivia
Description: Which author had the heaviest brain? What was the original title of 1984? When did cigarettes first appear in English literature? And, while we're at it, who wrote the first Western, and is there any link between asthma and literary genius? Sutherland's irreverent literary exploration illuminates every topic imaginable from author advances to Civil War literature to Victorian sex to odd things eaten by literary characters (think Patrick Bateman's girlfriend in American Psycho). This is a treasure trove of fascinating information for all book lovers.
Notes: "A Herman Graf book."

Includes index.

English.
Table of contents: title: Literary baked meats; title: The body of literature: heads, lungs, hearts, and bowels; title: Tools of the trade; title: Sex and the Victorians; title: Better than sex, some say; title: Some curious literary records: best, worst, and most; title: Literary crimewatch (and gunplay); title: Who? Who? Who?; title: Name games; title: Readers: distinguished and less distinguished; title: Mammon and the book trade; title: Wheels; title: Morbid curiosity; title: Curious connections: a terminal quiz.