Infuriating Lateral Thinking Puzzles

by Paul Sloane, Des MacHale

Our lateral thinking experts, Sloan and MacHale, have created the biggest selection of thought-provoking puzzles under the sun?also some of the most difficult . These are no each challenging mental teaser presents a mini-scenario with a secret twist that’s truly tough to figure out. The only way to find the answers is to get rid of any preconceptions, use your wildest imagination, and think way outside the box. Solving has never been such infuriating fun!

191 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Paul Sloane read Engineering at Trinity Hall Cambridge. He came top of Sales School at IBM, became MD of Ashton-Tate UK, VP International for MathSoft and CEO of Monactive. He now writes, speaks and gives workshops on lateral thinking in business, creativity, innovation and leadership. He is married and lives in Camberley in Surrey. He has three grown-up daughters. He is a keen chess and tennis player and he plays keyboards in a rock band, the Fat Cats. He has written a series of lateral thinking puzzle books, many co-authored with Des MacHale, published by Sterling Publishing. They have sold over 2 million copies and been translated into many languages. He has also written two management books, published by Kogan Page, and many articles for blogs and websites. He manages the Lateral Puzzles Forum where puzzlers can set and solve lateral puzzles.

Reviews

[Gloria · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's okay. I bought it for my husband who loves puzzles. I like how it keeps you guessing. However, some of the questions seem impossible to answer. It'll give you a small amount of information and then create a huge story (An English man walked out of the room with a rose in his hand....really?? How do we know?)

It's neat, but not exactly what I thought it'd be like. Some are really clever.

[David Roberts · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great puzzles that will teach you to think differently (if read with a friend who knows the answers).

[Avery · Rating 2 out of 5]

Review here.