Today’s reader has choices: books about love, about
life, about death — and everything in between. The variety is overwhelming, bewildering.
But what if the reader could play a part in producing something different, something about everything, about nothing, about
everything and nothing at the same time? What if the reader could tell the writer what to write about?
Lev Parikian asked his readers those very
questions, gathered their responses and then set out to write that book. Music
to Eat Cake By is the result, a collection of essays exploring everything
from the art of the sandwich and space travel to how not to cure hiccups and,
of course, his beloved birdsong. Lev considers each subject with his signature
wit and warmth, inviting the reader to wonder: what might we ask him to write
about next?
