This Book

by Mitchell Symons

Did you knowSex between snakes lasts between 6 and 12 hours?Peter Kay's school metalwork teacher was Steve Coogan's father?The first novel written on a typewriter was The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?That Book sold 60,000 copies in the UK alone?If you are hankering to know more about anything from 'Famous People Who Had Liver Transplants' to 'Beatles Songs and Their Working Titles', This Book is everything you've ever dreamed of. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop . . .

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Humor, Trivia

432 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Ryk Stanton]

Basically a trivia book – definitely one for that "particular room" in your house – and worth having around just to keep on the shelf. I actually like this kind of book and would've given it a higher rating if it did not have sections like "Celebrities Who Dropped Out of High School" followed by nothing more than a list of names.

[Hamadryad]

Decent bathroom book, but way too little bang for the buck. Pretty much The Book of Lists, but without all of the tasty, juicy detail. TBoL is packed tightly with as much as they could include, where this one looks as though it was stretched to fill space.

[Holli B]

my-books

[Danielle]

so stupid yet so good. one of those random books that you read when you have nothing else

[Eric]

Standard (yet good), run-of-the-mill trivia book, quite entertaining. Not appropriate for younger readers/children, however. The book is laden with "adult" facts.

[Anne Marshall]

Anything by Mitchell Symons is an interesting read in my world and this one didn't disappoint!