Two Girls, One on Each Knee - The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword

In the century since its birth, the crossword has evolved into the world's most popular intellectual pastime: a unique form of wordplay, the codes and conventions of which are open to anyone masochistic enough to get addicted. In Two Girls, One on Each Knee, Alan Connor celebrates the wit, ingenuity and frustration of setting and solving puzzles. From the beaches of D-Day to the imaginary worlds of three-dimensional crosswords, to the British school teachers and journalists who turned the form into the fiendish sport it is today, encompassing the most challenging clues, particular tricks, the world's greatest setters and famous solvers, PG Wodehouse and the torturers of the Spanish Inquisition, this is an ingenious book for lovers of this very particular form of wordplay.

About the author

Alan Connor

Summary

In the century since its birth, the crossword has evolved into the world's most popular intellectual pastime: a unique form of wordplay, the codes and conventions of which are open to anyone masochistic enough to get addicted. This book celebrates the wit, ingenuity and frustration of setting and solving puzzles.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Connor, Connor Alan
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.06.2014
• EAN: 9780141977102
• ISBN: 978-0-14-197710-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History of Ideas, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, HISTORY / Social History, Language: history & general works, Crosswords and word games, Language: history and general works