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The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life
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Author:
A.J. Jacobs
Publisher:
Crown
Date:
April 26, 2022
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically goes on a journey to understand the enduring power of puzzles: why we love them, what they do to our brains, and how they can improve our world.
What The Reviewers Say
... weirdly fascinating.
... timely and entertaining.
Although Jacobs has been accused of smugness in previous books, he's a self-deprecating guide to these puzzles (most of the 18 chapters come with several for us to solve, along with offering tips). He steps back to ponder why we love puzzles even though he still stews over one from his youth and a more recent example convinced him that one of his books has the wrong title.
[Jacobs] has mastered an avuncular, jokey, at times corny tone...And his choices in topics often spotlight the more peculiar examples in the puzzle world.
