Simon Garfield is the author of a number of acclaimed books of non-fiction including A Notable Woman (as editor), To the Letter, On the Map, Just My Type and Mauve. His study of AIDS in Britain, The End of Innocence, won the Somerset Maugham Award. simongarfield.com
A rare treat, convivial and smart and brimming with intrigue. Simon
Garfield excavates the curiouser of small worlds where not all is
as it seems - obscure and wondrous, a bit bonkers and totally
fascinating, and just my cup of tea -- KEGGIE CAREW, author of
Dadland
Garfield's book is thrilling, touching and very, very funny -- NINA
STIBBE
This intriguing study of our urge to make scale models is full of
bizarre stories and poignant insight . . . engaging and exuberant .
. . The moral seems to be that we're all small, relatively
speaking, which is perhaps why In Miniature is not only highly
entertaining; it is also moving * * Observer * *
If you are someone who appreciates the quirkier byways of human
endeavour, there's plenty to surprise and delight in this
compendium * * The Times * *
Fascinating and often funny . . . As a (scaled-down) book, In
Miniature is a well-built, highly polished entity. It is full of
evocative sentences [and] amusing drive-by thwacks . . . But what
he also shows in abundance is the sympathetic understanding of the
needs and travails of "ordinary" people that lit up his previous
books * * Guardian * *
In Miniature is a delicious read; quirky, unpredictable and written
with a genuine savour for the subject * * Mail on Sunday * *
Simon Garfield's enthusiasm . . . is irresistible . . . Garfield
offers not just intriguing snapshots of curiosities but some rather
interesting history lessons * * Spectator * *
Delightful . . . In Miniature is fascinating, funny and, in places,
unexpectedly moving . . . This book is proof of the old adage that
good things come in small packages * * Literary Review * *
Garfield's intelligent exploration of mankind's passion for making
small versions of large objects is meticulously researched * *
Daily Express, Books of the Year * *
Fashioned with as much love of, and relish for, the telling detail
as many of the scaled-down creations it surveys, In Miniature finds
Simon Garfield at both his wittiest and his most profound and
philosophical. It is a book that puts the little things into the
big picture, its perspective generous and its scope wide; you will
never look at a doll house or model train quite the same again.
Were I not an atheist I would proclaim him the god of small things
-- TRAVIS ELBOROUGH
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