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Cain's Jawbone

A Novel Problem
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Not sure if I'll ever solve it but it's been fun to try. Definitely tricky, working my through the pages though. Neat concept and can see why the book is still popular even nearly 100 years since it was first published

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Description

Illustrated by Tom Gauld, acclaimed cartoonist and author of Goliath. A famously difficult puzzle novel from the Observer’s legendary crossword composer. The prize of £1,000 for the first reader to solve the puzzle within a year of publication was awarded to the actor and comedy writer John Finnemore. Finnemore's win was covered by the Guardian, the Telegraph and the London Review of Books among others. The project was supported by Neil Gaiman and re-issued with help from the Laurence Sterne Trust. For fans of Alex Bellos, the Guardian's puzzles, the Today programme's Puzzle for Today.

Author Biography:

Edward Powys Mathers (1892 – 1939) introduced the cryptic crossword to Britain in 1924 through the pages of the Observer. Known as Torquemada, he was acknowledged as a brilliant translator and a critic specialising in crime fiction. In 1934 he published a selection of his puzzles under the title The Torquemada Puzzle Book – the final hundred pages of which contained the novel-cum-puzzle Cain’s Jawbone. The book is being re-issued with the assistance of The Laurence Sterne Trust and Patrick Wildgust, the curator of Shandy Hall.
Release date NZ
July 8th, 2021
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Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
224
Dimensions
110x178x18
ISBN-13
9781800180796
All-time sales rank
Top 2000
Product ID
34338785

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