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Jorge Luis Borges
Great Argentine who famously described the Falklands war as "two bald men fighting over a comb".

Story Old Santiago goes out to sea seeking giant marlin. Ponders pain, survival, manhood and dignity.

Subscriber Offer Published in its entirety in the November, 1951, issue of Life magazine.

Boo-Boo Marlin referred to as "him". Every giant marlin is female. Hemingway, who fished himself, should have known better.

The icon of counterculture has Dylanmaniacs in a tizzy with his autobiography, ‘Chronicles, Vol 1’. What’s the rogue fact here?

A. Baul singer Purna Das Baul appears on the cover of his ‘John Wesley Harding’ album.

B. On his real message, he said, "Keep a good head and always carry a lightbulb." Responsible adults took it seriously.

C. ‘Chronicles’ is his first book.

D. When he began playing electric music, an outraged purist called him a Judas; Dylan responded with the definitive live performance of his classic ‘Like a Rolling Stone’.

Answer C. His outpourings include the possibly comprehensible book, Tarantula.

How you might describe some Indian food through gritted teeth? Nope; it’s the term for checking whether the gods approve of something by examining the entrails of a sacrificial animal—a practice rampant in ancient Greece and Rome.