In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional footnotes and their less-buttoned-down incarnations, as when used by pornographers. Yes, The Devil's Details is full of surprises: Zerby hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. He even explains why footnotes are like blind dates.

Carefully researched and highly opinionated, The Devil's Details affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.

In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional footnotes and their less-buttoned-down incarnations, as when used by pornographers. Yes, The Devil's Details is full of surprises: Zerby hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. He even explains why footnotes are like blind dates.

Carefully researched and highly opinionated, The Devil's Details affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.

In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional footnotes and their less-buttoned-down incarnations, as when used by pornographers. Yes, The Devil's Details is full of surprises: Zerby hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. He even explains why footnotes are like blind dates.

Carefully researched and highly opinionated, The Devil's Details affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.

In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional footnotes and their less-buttoned-down incarnations, as when used by pornographers. Yes, The Devil's Details is full of surprises: Zerby hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. He even explains why footnotes are like blind dates.

Carefully researched and highly opinionated, The Devil's Details affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.

In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional footnotes and their less-buttoned-down incarnations, as when used by pornographers. Yes, The Devil's Details is full of surprises: Zerby hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. He even explains why footnotes are like blind dates.

Carefully researched and highly opinionated, The Devil's Details affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.

Carefully researched and strongly opinionated, The Devil's Details is bound to be as controversial as it is entertaining. The history of the footnote has a marvelous plot with eccentric heroes and black-hearted villains, and the rogues' gallery of figures who play parts in The Devil's Details includes Alexander Pope, Herman Melville, Captain Richard Burton, Edward Gibbon, Norman Mailer, Hilaire Belloc, John Updike, Martin Amis, and Dave Eggers. Scholars, Ph.D. candidates, and lovers of the book everywhere will find in The Devil's Details that delight in reading can come in unexpected places-even right at the bottom of the page.

Chuck Zerby developed The Devil's Details from an article he originally published in the New York Times. A former columnist for the Amherst Record and former dean of campus and director of admissions, Zerby lives in Hadley, Massachusetts.

Carefully researched and strongly opinionated, The Devil's Details is bound to be as controversial as it is entertaining. The history of the footnote has a marvelous plot with eccentric heroes and black-hearted villains, and the rogues' gallery of figures who play parts in The Devil's Details includes Alexander Pope, Herman Melville, Captain Richard Burton, Edward Gibbon, Norman Mailer, Hilaire Belloc, John Updike, Martin Amis, and Dave Eggers. Scholars, Ph.D. candidates, and lovers of the book everywhere will find in The Devil's Details that delight in reading can come in unexpected places-even right at the bottom of the page.

Chuck Zerby developed The Devil's Details from an article he originally published in the New York Times. A former columnist for the Amherst Record and former dean of campus and director of admissions, Zerby lives in Hadley, Massachusetts.

In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional footnotes and their less-buttoned-down incarnations, as when used by pornographers. Yes, The Devil's Details is full of surprises: Zerby hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. He even explains why footnotes are like blind dates.

Carefully researched and highly opinionated, The Devil's Details affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.

In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional footnotes and their less-buttoned-down incarnations, as when used by pornographers. Yes, The Devil's Details is full of surprises: Zerby hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. He even explains why footnotes are like blind dates.

Carefully researched and highly opinionated, The Devil's Details affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.

In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional footnotes and their less-buttoned-down incarnations, as when used by pornographers. Yes, The Devil's Details is full of surprises: Zerby hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. He even explains why footnotes are like blind dates.

Carefully researched and highly opinionated, The Devil's Details affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.

Carefully researched and strongly opinionated, The Devil's Details is bound to be as controversial as it is entertaining. The history of the footnote has a marvelous plot with eccentric heroes and black-hearted villains, and the rogues' gallery of figures who play parts in The Devil's Details includes Alexander Pope, Herman Melville, Captain Richard Burton, Edward Gibbon, Norman Mailer, Hilaire Belloc, John Updike, Martin Amis, and Dave Eggers. Scholars, Ph.D. candidates, and lovers of the book everywhere will find in The Devil's Details that delight in reading can come in unexpected places-even right at the bottom of the page.

Chuck Zerby developed The Devil's Details from an article he originally published in the New York Times. A former columnist for the Amherst Record and former dean of campus and director of admissions, Zerby lives in Hadley, Massachusetts.

Carefully researched and strongly opinionated, The Devil's Details is bound to be as controversial as it is entertaining. The history of the footnote has a marvelous plot with eccentric heroes and black-hearted villains, and the rogues' gallery of figures who play parts in The Devil's Details includes Alexander Pope, Herman Melville, Captain Richard Burton, Edward Gibbon, Norman Mailer, Hilaire Belloc, John Updike, Martin Amis, and Dave Eggers. Scholars, Ph.D. candidates, and lovers of the book everywhere will find in The Devil's Details that delight in reading can come in unexpected places-even right at the bottom of the page.

Chuck Zerby developed The Devil's Details from an article he originally published in the New York Times. A former columnist for the Amherst Record and former dean of campus and director of admissions, Zerby lives in Hadley, Massachusetts.

In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional footnotes and their less-buttoned-down incarnations, as when used by pornographers. Yes, The Devil's Details is full of surprises: Zerby hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. He even explains why footnotes are like blind dates.

Carefully researched and highly opinionated, The Devil's Details affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.

In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional footnotes and their less-buttoned-down incarnations, as when used by pornographers. Yes, The Devil's Details is full of surprises: Zerby hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. He even explains why footnotes are like blind dates.

Carefully researched and highly opinionated, The Devil's Details affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.

In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional footnotes and their less-buttoned-down incarnations, as when used by pornographers. Yes, The Devil's Details is full of surprises: Zerby hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. He even explains why footnotes are like blind dates.

Carefully researched and highly opinionated, The Devil's Details affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.

In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional footnotes and their less-buttoned-down incarnations, as when used by pornographers. Yes, The Devil's Details is full of surprises: Zerby hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. He even explains why footnotes are like blind dates.

Carefully researched and highly opinionated, The Devil's Details affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.

In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional footnotes and their less-buttoned-down incarnations, as when used by pornographers. Yes, The Devil's Details is full of surprises: Zerby hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. He even explains why footnotes are like blind dates.

Carefully researched and highly opinionated, The Devil's Details affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.

In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional footnotes and their less-buttoned-down incarnations, as when used by pornographers. Yes, The Devil's Details is full of surprises: Zerby hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. He even explains why footnotes are like blind dates.

Carefully researched and highly opinionated, The Devil's Details affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.

In a story that boasts a marvelous plot and a rogues' gallery of players, Zerby examines traditional footnotes and their less-buttoned-down incarnations, as when used by pornographers. Yes, The Devil's Details is full of surprises: Zerby hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. He even explains why footnotes are like blind dates.

Carefully researched and highly opinionated, The Devil's Details affirms that delight in reading can come from unexpected places.

Carefully researched and strongly opinionated, The Devil's Details is bound to be as controversial as it is entertaining. The history of the footnote has a marvelous plot with eccentric heroes and black-hearted villains, and the rogues' gallery of figures who play parts in The Devil's Details includes Alexander Pope, Herman Melville, Captain Richard Burton, Edward Gibbon, Norman Mailer, Hilaire Belloc, John Updike, Martin Amis, and Dave Eggers. Scholars, Ph.D. candidates, and lovers of the book everywhere will find in The Devil's Details that delight in reading can come in unexpected places-even right at the bottom of the page.

Chuck Zerby developed The Devil's Details from an article he originally published in the New York Times. A former columnist for the Amherst Record and former dean of campus and director of admissions, Zerby lives in Hadley, Massachusetts.