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Fun: Spies, Puzzle Solvers and a Century of Crosswords
- SelfMadeHero
- by Paolo Bacilieri
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Publisher | SelfMadeHero |
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ISBN | 9781910593257 |
Author(s) | Paolo Bacilieri |
Publication date | April 2017 |
Edition | Hardback |
Dimensions | 260 x 190 mm |
Illustrations | throughout bw.ill. |
Pages | 296 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
In December 1913, the New York World newspaper published the first crossword in history. It appeared in their Sunday supplement, 'Fun'. A century on, 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. 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?