{"product_id":"the-knowitall-9780099481744","title":"The KnowItAll","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn leaving school or university, you feel pretty pleased with yourself. You''ve learnt a lot, your''e well-read and you know a whole bunch of obscure facts guaranteed at some point to appear in the questions on Mastermind or University Challenge. Then you get a job, and ten years later youre more eloquent and eager to argue about Britney and Big Brother than Beckett and the Brontes. Sound familiar?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWell it happened to AJ Jacobs too. As an editor at \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, Jacobs had built up a rather impressive knowledge of celebrity trivia - and the cure was going to take a long time. While others might take to reading a broadsheet at the weekend, Jacobs chose to read the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopaedia Britannica\u003c\/i\u003e. All 33,000 pages of it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBill Bryson meets \u003ci\u003eSchott''s Original Miscellany\u003c\/i\u003e meets Woody Allen\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Part assemblage of fascinating trivia, part journey through adulthood, all laugh-out-loud funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The Know-It-All\u003c\/i\u003e is a terrific book. It's a lot shorter than the encyclopedia, and funnier, and you'll remember more of it. Plus, if it falls off the shelf onto your head, you'll live.' \u003cb\u003eP.J. O'Rourke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A jape of a book...with Jacobs...coming across as a slightly younger and Jewish \u003cb\u003eBill Bryson\u003c\/b\u003e. Some of his quips are worthy even of \u003cb\u003eWoody Allen\u003c\/b\u003e... Hilarious' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'For those who enjoy learning about some of the stranger facts about the world in which we live and who appreciate having a guide of some charm, \u003ci\u003eThe Know-It-All \u003c\/i\u003ewill be something of a treat.\u003ci\u003e' Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The \u003ci\u003eKnow-It-All\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most informative humorous books and one of the funniest collections of information that I have seen in a long time. (Note to publishers: that's the sentence you can put on the back of the next edition if you like).' \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Frequently funny and sometimes downright hilarious, but this is also an unexpectedly moving book.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732243951959,"sku":"9780099481744","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099481744.jpg?v=1719996115","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-knowitall-9780099481744","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}