'As with the commander of an army, or the leader of any enterprise, so it is with a Great Writer and his house.' Great Writer's Household Tips covers all your household needs, indoors and outdoors, from pruning a rose bush with Pablo Neruda to mending a dripping tap with Jean-Paul Sartre. Throwing a tea-party? Irvine Welsh has the recipe for the perfect chocolate cake, though that's not all he's cooking. Brilliant, hilarious, and always pitch-perfect, this omnibus edition of Mark Crick's wonderful books of literary pastiche ...
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'As with the commander of an army, or the leader of any enterprise, so it is with a Great Writer and his house.' Great Writer's Household Tips covers all your household needs, indoors and outdoors, from pruning a rose bush with Pablo Neruda to mending a dripping tap with Jean-Paul Sartre. Throwing a tea-party? Irvine Welsh has the recipe for the perfect chocolate cake, though that's not all he's cooking. Brilliant, hilarious, and always pitch-perfect, this omnibus edition of Mark Crick's wonderful books of literary pastiche will inform and entertain the most erudite of householders.
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Add this copy of The Household Tips of the Great Writers to cart. $3.58, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Granta Books.
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Add this copy of The Household Tips of the Great Writers to cart. $6.45, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Granta Books.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Add this copy of Household Tips of the Great Writers to cart. $10.00, like new condition, Sold by The Parnassus BookShop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport, WA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Granta Books.
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As New in As New jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket AS NEW. A rather unique book, with household tips by famous authors-prune a rose bush with Pablo Neruda; unblock a sink with Jean-Paul Sartre; work in the kitchen with Geoffrey Chaucer's and his onion tart; put up shelves with Julius Caesar--and lots of other authors and tips they offer. A fun book Fine brown cloth binding with black titles, spotless, no wear, soundly bound. square with sharp corners. Bright red endpapers. Internals as new. Handsome volume. Red jacket with green design, with photo frames and silhouettes within, representing some of the writers. 276 pages. 8 x 5.5 inches. Granta Books, London, England, 2012.
Add this copy of The Household Tips of the Great Writers to cart. $14.95, very good condition, Sold by Reuseabook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2011 by Granta Books.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
