The author, Steven Connor, is Professor of Modern Literature and Theory at Birkbeck College, a post that signals the sort of book this is – long on literary theory and short on technical historical detail. It is not a more diverse version of, say, The Pencil: A history of design and circumstance but rather a playful application of literary theory to household objects. If that is what you like, then you should find the book highly enjoyable.
You can buy Paraphernalia: The Curious Lives of Magical Things by Steven Connor from Amazon here.
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