Riddle Me This: A World Treasury of Word Puzzles, Folk Wisdom, and Literary Conundrums - Autographed Edition

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The second edition is also available, in paperback and with a redesigned cover

This little book of wonder, certain to delight, edify and astonish, has a serious premise at its core: to rescue riddles from obscurity and return them to their rightful literary status alongside myths, legends, fairy tales, maxims, and proverbs.

One of the earliest types of folk wisdom, the riddle was a favorite form of wordplay for many of history's greatest minds, from Aristotle to James Joyce. For at least six thousand years, the riddle was held in high esteem as a tool to sharpen the wit and stretch the imagination. In modern times, unfortunately, it has been relegated to the playground or the research projects of folklorists. 

In Riddle Me This, Phil Cousineau has collected every forms of riddle-word puzzles, enigmas, conundrums, bafflers, logogriphs, teasers, verbal jigsaws, and more--from around the world. Whatever their label, these mental exercises are all "ingenious questions in search of clever answers." Heed this clarion call for more wordplay among us.