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Title: THE ILLUSTRATED CHRISTMAS CRACKER
By: John Julius Norwich
Format: Hardback

List price: £9.99
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ISBN 10: 1782392513
ISBN 13: 9781782392514
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Publisher: ATLANTIC BOOKS
Pub. date: 1 November, 2013
Edition: Main
Pages: 64
Description: A reissue of John Julius Norwich's much-loved Christmas Commonplace book, illustrated throughout by the inimitable Quentin Blake.
Synopsis: For over forty years, John Julius Norwich has been sending out his Christmas Crackers - a personal collection of quirky quotes and literary odds and ends - to his friends instead of a Christmas card. In The Illustrated Christmas Cracker Quentin Blake has made his own selection of favourite pieces and has illustrated them in his own trademark style. From curious dictionary definitions ('Carphology. Delirious fumbling with the bedclothes,' Concise Oxford Dictionary) and tortuous palindromes ('Live dirt up a side-track carted is a putrid evil') to eighteenth-century accounts of drunken pigs and Benjamin Franklin's account of inventing bifocals, this cracker is stuffed with surprising, offbeat, often hilarious gems. Enlivened by Quentin Blake's witty illustrations, this book is the perfect stocking-filler for the discerning customer.
Illustrations: Four-colour printing throughout
Publication: UK
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Returns: Returnable
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