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Warm, spare, cool and classical in form.
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Simon Garfield
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 354
- Publisher
- Profile Books, Gotham Books
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781592406524
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Simon Frank Garfield is a British journalist and non-fiction author. He has written for publications such as *Time Out*, *The Independent*, and *The Observer*. His early work focused on the music industry, but his books have increasingly delved into niche topics, from British wrestling and the invention of mauve to the history of encyclopedias and typefaces. *source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Garfield">Wikipedia</a>*
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