The Error World - Softcover

Garfield, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571235271 ISBN 13: 9780571235278

Verlag: Faber & Faber, 2009

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PRAISE FOR "MAUVE""Garfield has surpassed himself with his new subject matter: "Mauve" elegantly relates the tale of Victorian chemist William Perkin who, in 1856, failed to make quinine from coal tar but discovered instead how to synthesize the colour purple. Fascinating stuff."--"Esquire""This engaging and airy history shows how the development of mauve, the first mass-produced artificial dye, ignited a 19th-century revolution . . . Garfield has inspired me to wear a bit of mauve this spring to honour this inventive man."--"The New York Times"

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When he was very young, Simon Garfield lusted after rare stamps but could not afford them. When he was older, the passion reignited with almost ruinous results. The Error World is an examination of obsession and desire, and the search for fulfilment. But it is also a story of wooden legs, pornography in the Finchley Road, Pele's World Cup shirt, the man who guards stamps for the Queen, and a woman who is terrified of the Post Office Tower.

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• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0571235271
• ISBN 13: 9780571235278
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256