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These are fascinating, pithy chunks of literary history. (Good Book Guide )
A splendid and enjoyable piece of work. This Christmas... if no one buys this book for you, buy it for yourself. No literary lavatory will be complete without a copy. (Spectator )
This is one literary curio that's worth having... A brilliantly unique buy. (Easy Living )
A splendid and enjoyable piece of work. This Christmas... if no one buys this book for you, buy it for yourself. No literary lavatory will be complete without a copy. (Spectator )
This is one literary curio that's worth having... A brilliantly unique buy. (Easy Living )
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Writer Gary Dexter traverses the globe, the ages and the genres...a fascinating explication...Dexter's behind-the-scenes anecdotes and narratives truly amplify the works chosen.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Catchy title,
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This review is from: Why Not Catch-21?: The Stories Behind the Titles (Hardcover)
An engaging and interesting book on the history behind various literary works. The authors chooses 50 titles, from ancient Greece to modern day USA and shows how the works came to be called the way they are. As the original articles come from a regular newspaper column, one can delightfully pick and choose excerpts at random. My own favourite is the article on why it is Catch-22 by Joseph Heller and not say Catch-14.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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The stories behind the titles,
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This review is from: Why Not Catch-21?: The Stories Behind the Titles (Paperback)
An entertaining book detailing the reasons that certain works were given the titles that they are now famous for. The range is very wide - Plato's 'Republic', 'The Postman Always Rings Twice', 'Around The World in Eighty Days', just to give some idea of the breadth of the 50 writings detailed.
A handful of pages for each makes it an easy book to dip into and out of, with a very relaxed and informative style of writing. Well researched and entertaining.
6 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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Why Not Catch 21?,
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This review is from: Why Not Catch-21?: The Stories Behind the Titles (Hardcover)
A fantastic read, both interestingly factual and compelling. I would reccomend this to anybody with even the slightest taste of great non-fiction. Gary Dexter's, Why Not Catch 21 is a must. This is one of the books you hsve to read before you die. I am eagerly awaiting a sequel or more of his great writing. Bravo.
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