{"product_id":"hello-goodbye-hello-a-circle-of-101-remarkable-meetings-9781451684513","title":"Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of England's wittiest writers, a \"captivating, glittering, engaging, entertaining confection\" (Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) of 101 unlikely encounters between pairs of historical figures from Salvador Dali and Sigmund Freud to Marilyn Monroe and Frank Lloyd Wright.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIMAGINE THESE UNLIKELY--BUT TRUE--ENCOUNTERS:  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMartha Graham and Madonna  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIgor Stravinsky and Walt Disney  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrank Lloyd Wright and Marilyn Monroe  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarilyn Monroe and Nikita Khrushchev  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePresident Richard M. Nixon and Elvis Presley  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHarpo Marx and George Bernard Shaw  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSalvador Dali and Sigmund Freud  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGroucho Marx and T. S. Eliot  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBRILLIANT IN CONCEPTION AND DIZZYING IN EXECUTION, \u003ci\u003eHello Goodbye Hello\u003c\/i\u003e is a daisy chain of 101 fascinating true encounters, chance meetings, and disastrous collisions between the celebrated and the gifted, the famous and the infamous. Witty and wicked, \u003ci\u003eHello Goodbye Hello\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect example that truth is stranger than fiction (and infinitely more enjoyable).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrown, Craig:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Craig Brown has been writing the \u003ci\u003ePrivate Eye\u003c\/i\u003e celebrity diary since 1989 and is a columnist for London's \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written parodies for many publications, including the \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph, Vanity Fair, The Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. The author of several books of fiction and nonfiction, he lives in London.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50918057181458,"sku":"9781451684513","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_256838ca-ec92-4fa2-b5de-45b35d200a1d.jpg?v=1738875179","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hello-goodbye-hello-a-circle-of-101-remarkable-meetings-9781451684513","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}