Chambers Book of Araucaria Crosswords
Volume 3
"No compiler has given more pleasure to more people"Hugh Stephenson, The Guardian
Sixty brand-new literary-themed crosswords
With a foreword by Simon Hoggart
Full solutions provided
£6.99
£5.24
ISBN-13:
978 0550 10196 9
Paperback
192pp
198 x 129mm
A superb collection of brand-new crosswords from one of Britain’s best-known and most highly respected crossword compilers. For this new book Araucaria has created 60 brand-new puzzles on a literary theme, from Shakespeare and Dickens to Keats, Kipling and Lewis Carroll. Featuring many of his trademark jigsaw crosswords, this collection is guaranteed to provide hours of delight.
About the Author
John Graham's first published crossword puzzle appeared in the Manchester Guardian in 1958. He has set for The Guardian ever since, taking the pseudonym Araucaria, meaning 'monkey puzzle tree'. He also compiles crosswords for the Financial Times as Cinephile, and founded the crossword magazine 1 Across in 1984. He was awarded the MBE in 2005.