by Albert Jack · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141039565
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«Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep» is Albert Jack's essay on the origin of English expressions, published by Penguin in paperback (272 pages, in English).
Albert Jack investigates the origin of hundreds of everyday English expressions and the stories they hide: traditions of the navy, the army and the law, con artists, highwaymen, music halls and pubs. Among the phrases analysed are «smart Alec», «once in a blue moon» and «let the cat out of the bag».
A later work by Albert Jack to «Red Herrings and White Elephants», also focused on the origin of sayings and expressions in English.
For readers interested in the English language, etymology and the curious stories behind everyday sayings.
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Jack Pinoteau or Jacques Pinoteau was a French film director born at Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines. A brother of Claude Pinoteau and Arlette Merry, he is mostly known for his direction of the film Le Triporteur, after a novel by René Fallet which made Darry Cowl famous.
