Blurb Your Enthusiasm: A Cracking Compendium of Book Blurbs, Writing Tips, Literary Folklore and Publishing Secrets

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A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Answering burning questions such as should all adjectives be murdered? 'A small masterpiece. Is blurbing sometimes maybe lying? How do they work their magic? Format: HardbackISBN: 9780861542178Publish/Release date: September 1, 2022Publisher: Oneworld PublicationsNumber of pages: 352Width (mm): 129Height (mm): 198Depth (mm): 30 . Which classic novel was nearly called The High Bouncing Lover? m - 10 p. Penguin Books blurb wizard Louise Willder joyfully divulges what those 100-or-so words can tell us about literary history, the craft of writing, authors from George Orwell to Zadie Smith, genres from children's fiction to bonkbusters, cover design, the dark arts of persuasion and even why we read.