{"product_id":"9781910593257","title":"FUN : Spies, Puzzle Solvers and a Century of Crosswords by Paolo Bacilieri","description":"In December 1913, the New York World newspaper published the first crossword in history. It appeared in their Sunday supplement, \"Fun.\" A century later, this absorbing puzzle continues to attract (and infuriate) millions of devotees every day. But the world's most popular-and seemingly mundane-pastime has a surprising history, filled with intrigue and adventure.   Paolo Bacilieri's FUN transports us from turn-of-the-century New York to present-day Milan, taking in stories of ingenious puzzle makers, ardent solvers, and intellectual luminaries. Part detective story, part docudrama, and interlaced with a fiction of Bacilieri's own imagining, FUN questions the crossword's \"harmless\" status. Sure, it's fun-but could it also be a form of resistance, of cryptic communication, of espionage?\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56309163000181,"sku":"9781910593257","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781910593257.jpg?v=1762810683","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781910593257","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}