Fun: Spies, Puzzle Solvers, and a Century of Crosswords by Bacilieri, Paolo

Fun: Spies, Puzzle Solvers, and a Century of Crosswords (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781910593257)

Vendor: Paolo Bacilieri
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Format: Hardcover
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Fun: Spies, Puzzle Solvers, and a Century of Crosswords by Bacilieri, Paolo

Fun: Spies, Puzzle Solvers, and a Century of Crosswords

$24.95
Fun: Spies, Puzzle Solvers, and a Century of Crosswords by Bacilieri, Paolo

Fun: Spies, Puzzle Solvers, and a Century of Crosswords

$24.95
Format: Hardcover
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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.

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?

Author: Paolo Bacilieri
ISBN-10: 1910593257
ISBN-13: 9781910593257
Publisher: Selfmadehero
Language: English
Published: 06/06/2017
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.98lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.80w x 1.10d
By Paolo Bacilieri
By Paolo Bacilieri
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Born in Verona in 1965, Paolo Bacilieri graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna. His comic book series include Napoleone and Jan Dix. He lives in Milan.

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