Simon: The Genius in my Basement
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Simon: The Genius in my Basement by Alexander Masters
From the author of Stuart: A Life Backwards; a warm and witty portrait of a harmless, eccentric, bona fide genius.‘Masters has managed to convey something of the beauty and mystery not just of mathematics but of the human spirit’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Pick of the Paperbacks’ in the Sunday Times; ‘Astonishingly good… gloriously funny and surprising’
‘This book is a complete success … By the end we have come just about to love [Simon]’ Evening Standard
‘Astonishingly good … a glorious book: funny, surprising and completely sui generis’ Sunday Times
‘A wonderful book which shows you don’t have to be ‘normal’ to be happy’ Daily Mail
‘New and open and risky and humane … much is delightful – the bloggy, scrapbooky aspect, the kipple and backchat and disgusting food… ’ Guardian
‘Wholly original’ Mail on Sunday, Book of the Week
‘Exuberant and compelling…This is both a happy and funny book. It is decorated with Masters’ elegant cartoons and his language is lyrical’ FT
‘An absorbing read, with Masters’ deft pen and idiosyncratic style once again in evidence’ The Times, Book of the Week
‘A comically tender portrait’ Observer, Book of the Week
‘A wonderful book which shows you don’t have to be ‘normal’ to be happy’ Daily Mail
Alexander Masters lives in London. His first book, ‘Stuart: A Life Backwards’, was a Sunday Times bestseller and the winner of the Guardian First Book Award.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007243396 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007243391 |
| Title | Simon: The Genius in my Basement |
| Author | Alexander Masters |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2012-06-21 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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