BALZAC'S COFFEE, DAVINCI'S RISTORANTE - Tecno-Libro

In Mark Axelrod?s new book, marketplace crudity and the immortal artist intersect in a riotous and outrageous fashion. Discover the chain of restaurants run by Flaubert?s researchers Bouvard and Pecuchet; how an iconic fragrance arose from the erectile dysfunction of J.S. Bach; where Octave Mirabeau consummated his masterpiece L?Erotic Biblion; General Pinochet and Borges?s contretemps involving olive oil; Faulkner?s stint tinkering with lawnmowers; Musil?s muesli; and other secret histories. A companion to Axelrod?s Borges?s Travel, Hemingway?s Garage (FC2), this book is an hilarious parody of literary trivia, a light-hearted satire on the commoditisation of art, and an irresistible, imaginative fancy.?Mark Axelrod is one of my favourite American authors, blackly humorous and insightful, able to work with social and political critique without being in the least bit sanctimonious or pamphletary. Axelrod?s writing is a panoply of novel ideas, surprisingly and elating, extremely intelligent. I admire his ability to play, not only with words, but also the baggage of culture, in a style that bridges American and