Friday, August 20, 2010

Trivial Pursuit for Book-Lovers

Children's: What well-rounded robot hero was crafted by cartoonist William Joyce?

Classics: What French novelist helped clear the name of accused traitor Alfred Dreyfus, with his book J'accuse?

Non-Fiction: What 1981 Gay Talese bestseller pulled the sheets off U.S. sexual habits?

Book Club: What best-selling Brazilian author wove the rituals of the Bahian spirit religion Candomble into such novels as Tereza Batista?

Authors: What author sent Professor Irwin Corey to accept his National Book Award for Gravity's Rainbow?

Book Bag: What thriller by David Baldacci finds journalist Tom Langdon making alterate holiday travel plans after airport security kicks him off his flight?

5 comments:

  1. Emile Zola on the 2nd question . . .

    ReplyDelete
  2. Children's: Rolie Polie Olie. We used to read a lot of Joyce.

    Classics: Zola

    Non-Fiction: Thy Neighbor's Wife

    Book Club: ?

    Authors: Pynchon

    Book Bag: ?

    ReplyDelete
  3. No idea! Fun, though.

    Don't know if you're interested in this stuff, but I gave you a blog award on my page today TexasRed Books. Hopefully it'll introduce your space to a new reader.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Children's: Rolie Polie Olie
    Classics: Emile Zola
    Non-Fiction: Thy Neighbor's Wife
    Book Club: Jorge Amado
    Authors: Thomas Pynchon
    Book Bag: The Christmas Train

    If you've ever heard of Pynchon, that question was kind of a giveaway/info!

    Thanks, TexasRed!

    ReplyDelete

You can still comment here, even though this blog is not ongoing.