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Books : Why Not Catch-21?: The Stories Behind the Titles

by: Gary Dexter


Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 028 EAN: 9780711229259 ISBN: 0711229252 Label: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd Manufacturer: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: September 23, 2008 Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd Sales Rank: 32322 Studio: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd	Average Rating: List Price: £7.99 Amazon.co.uk's Price: £5.19 You Save: £2.80 (35%) Prices subject to change.
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- Why Not Catch Him?
The title should be why not Catch 18, as it is made clear that that was the number chosen by Heller as a title up until the publisher with deeper thinking and subtlty gave us the title which became a well known (and according to Heller) misused phrase. That is one of the high points of this ragtag colllection of titular explanantions. One should ask: Why not Lord of the Hobbits? or Catcher in the Maize? These books however, are not included. What is her eis only that which has a story behind it. ... Read More

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- Catchy title
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.

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- Why Not Catch 21?
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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