Fun /
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Author / Creator: | Bacilieri, Paolo, 1965- author, illustrator. |
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Edition: | English edition. |
Imprint: | London : SelfMadeHero, 2017. ©2016 |
Description: | 294 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11559960 |
Summary: | In December 1913, the New York World newspaper published the first crossword in history. It appeared in their Sunday supplement, "Fun." A century later, this absorbing puzzle continues to attract (and infuriate) millions of devotees every day. But the world's most popular--and seemingly mundane--pastime has a surprising history, filled with intrigue and adventure.<br> <br> <br> <br> Paolo Bacilieri's FUN transports us from turn-of-the-century New York to present-day Milan, taking in stories of ingenious puzzle makers, ardent solvers, and intellectual luminaries. Part detective story, part docudrama, and interlaced with a fiction of Bacilieri's own imagining, FUN questions the crossword's "harmless" status. Sure, it's fun--but could it also be a form of resistance, of cryptic communication, of espionage? |
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Item Description: | Translated from the Italian. |
Physical Description: | 294 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9781910593257 1910593257 |