pranks
Elaborate mischief carried out with total conviction.
A Dog of Matching Color
Women fainted at Franz Liszt's recitals, fought over his broken piano strings, and pressed him — perfumed letter after perfumed letter — for a lock of his hair.
The Drunk Friend
How do you smuggle a corpse past the city guards without anyone asking questions?
Lord Berners and the Elephant Problem
What happens when a man Stravinsky called Britain's best composer places a classified ad selling elephants he doesn't own — and names the buyers?
The Man Who Never Opened His Mail
When Satie died, his friends entered his apartment for the first time in twenty-seven years.
The Man Who Ate Everything
William Buckland was a leading scientist who also made eating animals a research side quest.