Fun / Paolo Bacilieri ; translated from Italian by Jamie Richards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bacilieri, Paolo, 1965- author, illustrator.

Contributor:

Richards, Jamie, translator.

Standardized Title:

Fun. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Crossword puzzles--Comic books, strips, etc.

Crossword puzzles.

Genre:

Comics (Graphic works)

Nonfiction comics.

Creative nonfiction.

Graphic novels.

Physical Description:

294 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London Self Made Hero, 2017.

Language Note:

Translated from the Italian.

Summary:

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?

ISBN:

9781910593257

1910593257

OCLC:

988564843

Publisher Number:

99975057291