The Coolest People in Books: 250 Anecdotes (Anecdotes Collections, #13)

This book contains 250 anecdotes, including this one: Philip Pullman, author of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy, is a wonderful storyteller—not just when he writes his novels, but also when he tells out loud the stories of classic literature. For example, when he and his family were on vacation, Tom, his young son, found it difficult to stay still while they waited for their food in a restaurant. Therefore, Mr. Pullman started telling him the story of Odysseus, hero of Homer's "Odyssey," w...