Craig Brown Receives 11 Mentions in Christmas Round-ups

ONE ON ONE (Fourth Estate, £16.99) by Craig Brown has so far recieved 11 mentions in the Books of the Year Christmas round-ups. 

The book describes 101 chance meetings, juxtaposing the famous and the infamous, the artistic and the philistine, the pompous and the comical, the snobbish and the vulgar, each 1,001 words long, and with a time span stretching from the 19th century to the 21st.

Book of the Year:

• "For pure entertainment...it’s hard to beat Craig Brown’s One on One which ... starts with Hitler being knocked down by a car driven by an Englishman in Munich in 1931 and ends with Hitler meeting the Duchess of Windsor in 1937...  Brown, the great parodist, has shown that real events can be no less fantastic and no less funny." Alexander Chancellor, Book of the Year, Spectator
• "...wistful and moving, as well as howlingly funny." AN Wilson, Book of the Year, Spectator
• "... a beautifully original and gripping approach to biography." Philip Hensher, Book of the Year, Spectator
• "...rich with bite-size wonders". Polly Samson, Book of the Year, Daily Telegraph
• "A complete joy: laugh-out-loud on every page, humane and absurd at once." Nicola Shulman, Book of the Year, Daily Telegraph
• "I hugely enjoyed Craig Brown's daisy-chained book of celebrity encounters. Funny, yes, but also very poignant." Sam Leith, Book of the Year, Evening Standard
• "This is a delightful page turner, informed throughout with wit and learning." Toby Clements, Book of the Year, Telegraph
• "For anyone you know who likes to be provoked to both laughter and thought, I can't think of a better stocking filler than Craig Brown's One On One."  Andrew Rawnsley, Book of the Year, Observer
• "...an original conceit flawlessly executed." Peregrine Worsthorne, Book of the Year, New Statesman
• "Delightfully eccentric." Anthony Horowitz, Book of the Year, Daily Telegraph
• "The book that made me laugh most was Craig Brown’s quirky game of biographical consequence." Julian Barnes, Book of the Year, TLS