{"product_id":"trivia-9781737349945","title":"Trivia","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Logan Pearsall Smith\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Warren Bluhm\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Warren Bluhm\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If your mind needs phosphorus, try 'Trivia, ' by Logan Pearsall Smith. - Roger Mifflin, proprietor of \u003cem\u003eThe Haunted Bookshop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It would be extravagant to claim that Pearsall Smith's Trivia, the remarkable little book from which these miniature essays are extracted, is well known: it is too daintily, fragile and absurd and sophisticated to appeal to a very large public. But it has a cohort of its own devotees and fanatics, and since its publication in 1917 it has become a sort of password in a secret brotherhood,\" wrote Christopher Morley in his book \u003cem\u003eModern Essays\u003c\/em\u003e about this hard-to-categorize collection of aphorisms that, through its title, introduced a word into the English language. Smith's aphorisms are anything but trivial; alternately whimsical and insightful and heartbreaking, they are popcorn-sized glimpses into the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe third in a new collection of classic books inspired by Roger Mifflin, owner of Morley's \u003cem\u003eHaunted Bookshop\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTrivia\u003c\/em\u003e is an early 20th century gem.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warren Bluhm","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45136437674135,"sku":"9781737349945","price":1070.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781737349945.webp?v=1767909196","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/trivia-9781737349945","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}