Review

The Madman's Library, by Edward Brooke-Hitching, is a fascinating account of some of the strangest literary curiosities from around the world

By Colin Steele
February 20 2021 - 12:00am
Tour through a madman's library
Tour through a madman's library
  • The Madman's Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History, by Edward Brooke-Hitching. Simon & Schuster. $45.

Edward Brooke-Hitching is an author, map historian, award-winning documentary filmmaker and researcher for the TV'S QI. That series' quirky and informative humour resounded in Brooke-Hitching's first book, Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports.