The Hobbit Companion

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Author:

Day, David

Illustrator:

Postma, Lidia

ISBN:

978-1-86205-915-3

Publication Date:

Oct 2012

Publisher:

Pavilion Books

Imprint:

Pavilion

Book Format:

Hardback

List Price:

USD $24.95

Book Description:

Exploring the brilliant web of verbal hocus-pocus that J.R.R. Tolkien delightedly spun in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, master hobbit investigator David Day reveals the myriad crafty puns and riddles, hidden meanings, and mythical associations beneath the saga's thrilling surface.

Book Details

Pages:	96
Detailed Subjects:	Literary Criticism / Science Fiction & Fantasy Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	9 x 11.312 x 0.562 Inches
Book Weight:	1.547 Pounds

Author Biography

Day, David (Author)

David Day was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on October 14, 1947. He worked in logging camps before receiving a degree from the Department of Creative Writing at the University of Victoria in 1976.

He has written over 40 books of poetry, ecology, history, fantasy, mythology, and fiction for both adults and children. His first collection of poems, The Cowichan, was published in 1975. His other books include A Tolkien Bestiary, The Doomsday Book of Animals, Castles, The Emperor's Panda, The Quest for King Arthur, Nevermore: A Book of Hours, and Tolkien: A Dictionary. Through the 1980's and 1990's, he was also an environmental columnist for Britain's Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Sunday Times, and Punch magazine.

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