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Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings
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Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings Paperback - 2013

by Craig Brown

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IMAGINE THESE UNLIKELYâÈ'BUT TRUEâÈ'ENCOUNTERS:

Martha Graham and Madonna

Igor Stravinsky and Walt Disney

Frank Lloyd Wright and Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe and Nikita Khrushchev

President Richard M. Nixon and Elvis Presley

Harpo Marx and George Bernard Shaw

Salvador Dali and Sigmund Freud

Groucho Marx and T. S. Eliot

BRILLIANT IN CONCEPTION AND DIZZYING IN EXECUTION, Hello Goodbye Hello is a daisy chain of 101 fascinating true encounters, chance meetings, and disastrous collisions between the celebrated and the gifted, the famous and the infamous. Witty and wicked, Hello Goodbye Hello is the perfect example that truth is stranger than fiction (and infinitely more enjoyable).

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From one of England's wittiest writers, a "captivating, glittering, engaging, entertaining confection" (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times) of 101 unlikely encounters between pairs of historical figures from Salvador Dali and Sigmund Freud to Marilyn Monroe and Frank Lloyd Wright.IMAGINE THESE UNLIKELY--BUT TRUE--ENCOUNTERS: Martha Graham and Madonna Igor Stravinsky and Walt Disney Frank Lloyd Wright and Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe and Nikita Khrushchev President Richard M. Nixon and Elvis Presley Harpo Marx and George Bernard Shaw Salvador Dali and Sigmund Freud Groucho Marx and T. S. Eliot BRILLIANT IN CONCEPTION AND DIZZYING IN EXECUTION, Hello Goodbye Hello is a daisy chain of 101 fascinating true encounters, chance meetings, and disastrous collisions between the celebrated and the gifted, the famous and the infamous. Witty and wicked, Hello Goodbye Hello is the perfect example that truth is stranger than fiction (and infinitely more enjoyable).

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  • Title Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings
  • Author Craig Brown
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster
  • Publication date 2013-08-20
  • Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781451684513 / 1451684517
  • Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.42 x 5.51 x 0.95 in (21.39 x 14.00 x 2.41 cm)
  • Category Reference
  • Library of Congress subjects Celebrities
  • Dewey Decimal Code 082

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âÈêCraig Brown is the wittiest writer in Britain today.âÈë
âÈ'Stephen Fry

âÈêThe book that made me laugh most was Craig BrownâÈçs quirky game of biographical consequences.âÈë
âÈ'Julian Barnes, Times Literary Supplement âÈêBooks of the YearâÈë

"Craig Brown is something of a national treasure in Britain. . . . Hello Goodbye Hello is a bravura feat of narrative engineering. . . . A joyful, fun read espsecially for its widgety, ingenious construction."
âÈ'David Kamp, Vanity Fair

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  • New York Times Book Review, 10/06/2013, Page 28
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