A little gem of a memoir… The book adds up to more than a sum of its parts and lingers in the memory long after the final page. — Sunday Telegraph
Half a million people a day do it in the Telegraph. The Times claims almost as many, and the Guardian 300, 000. Most people remember their first time, and everyone has a favourite. You can do it in bed, standing up, or on a train. You can do it alone, with a loved one or in groups. The Queen does it in the bath. It is not illegal, immoral or fattening. In fact it tops the Home Office list of approved entertainments for prison inmates. Crosswords are a very British obsession.
Crosswords are a very British obsession. Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose is a personal reminiscence and a guide to solving crossword puzzles. But it is much, much more than a 'how-to' book. Each chapter is starts with a clue, and uses anecdote, history and autobiography to solve it, in the process describing something of what it means to love England. In the process, we encounter The Best Crossword Clue Ever, The Most Beautiful Clue in the World 'Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose' and the eccentric personalities behind such legendary compilers as the Guardian's Araucaria and The Times'Ximenes.
Half a million people a day do it in the Telegraph. The Times claims almost as many, and the Guardian 300, 000. Most people remember their first time, and everyone has a favourite. You can do it in bed, standing up, or on a train. You can do it alone, with a loved one or in groups. The Queen does it in the bath. It is not illegal, immoral or fattening. In fact it tops the Home Office list of approved entertainments for prison inmates. Crosswords are a very British obsession.
Crosswords are a very British obsession. Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose is a personal reminiscence and a guide to solving crossword puzzles. But it is much, much more than a 'how-to' book. Each chapter is starts with a clue, and uses anecdote, history and autobiography to solve it, in the process describing something of what it means to love England. In the process, we encounter The Best Crossword Clue Ever, The Most Beautiful Clue in the World 'Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose' and the eccentric personalities behind such legendary compilers as the Guardian's Araucaria and The Times'Ximenes.
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关于作者
Sandy Balfour was born in South Africa and emigrated to Britain in 1983. He is an award-winning television producer and the author of the acclaimed Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose (8): A memoir of love, exile and crosswords (2003); Vulnberable in Hearts: A Memoir of Fathers, Sons and Contract Bridge (2005) and I Say Nothing (3) (2006).
语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 208 ● ISBN 9781782394792 ● 文件大小 0.4 MB ● 出版者 Atlantic Books ● 市 London ● 国家 GB ● 发布时间 2013 ● 下载 24 个月 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 2826100 ● 复制保护 社会DRM
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