Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara?

The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World's Best-Loved Books

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The captivating stories behind fifty of the greatest authors and their most famous literary creations Before Who the Hell is Pansy O?Hara ?, there had never been a single volume that explored the backstories of so many of the greatest books in the English language. A work sure to captivate all lovers of language and literature, it reveals in short, pithy chapters, the lives, loves, motivations, and quirky, fascinating details involving fifty of the best-loved books of the Western world. ? When stacked up, the original manuscript of Gone With the Wind stood taller than Margaret Mitchell, its 4' 9 1/2" author ? Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, was part of the Allied team that cracked the Nazi?s Enigma code ? Leo Tolstoy?s wife copied War and Peace by hand . . . seven times From The Great Gatsby to Harper Lee, from Jaws to J. K . Rowling, Who the Hell Is Pansy O?Hara? offers an entertaining and informative journey through the minds of writers and the life experiences that took these amazing works from notion to novel.
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Schrijver
Bond, Jenny, Sheedy, Chris
Titel
Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara?
Uitgever
Penguin Publishing Group
Jaar
2008
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
338
Gewicht
230 gr
EAN
9780143113645
Afmetingen
198 x 130 x 15 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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