The Importance of Being Trivial

In Search of the Perfect Fact

Mark Mason

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Arrow Books Ltd
03 August 2009

Trivia & quiz question books

An entertaining and trivia-filled account of our obsession with trivia

If you're intrigued by the fact that Jack the Ripper was left-handed, or that Heinz ketchup flows at 0.7 miles per day - and, more importantly, intrigued by why you're intrigued - then this book is required reading. Convinced that our love of trivia must reveal something truly important about us, Mark Mason sets out to discover what that something is. And, in the process, he asks the fundamental questions that keep all trivialists awake at night- Why is it so difficult to forget that Keith Richards was a choirboy at the Queen's coronation when it's so hard to remember what we did last Thursday? Are men more obsessed with trivia than women? Can it be proved that house flies hum in the key of F? Can anything ever really be proved? And the biggest question of them all- is there a perfect fact, and if so what is it?

By: Mark Mason
Imprint: Arrow Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 224g
ISBN: 9780099521822
ISBN 10: 0099521822
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 03 August 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark Mason's previous non-fiction includes The Bluffer's Guide To Football and The Bluffer's Guide To Bond. He is also the author of three novels, and has written for most British national newspapers (though never about anything too heavy), and magazines from the Spectator to Four Four Two.

Reviews for The Importance of Being Trivial: In Search of the Perfect Fact

Mason's personal odyssey has an irresistibly hapless charm. Guardian ... a bridge back to proper reading for those who have become unhealthily addicted to the likes of Steve Wright's Further Factoids . Sunday Telegraph I loved this book - this is quality trivia. Richard and Judy Every pub should have one. BBC Radio 3 ...a collection of joyously irrelevant titbits of information Sunday Herald