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It is the final year of the 19th century and Peter Winceworth has reached the letter 'S', toiling away for the much-anticipated and multi-volume 'Swansby's New Encyclopaedic Dictionary'. He is overwhelmed at his desk and increasingly uneasy that his colleagues are attempting to corral language and regiment facts. Compelled to assert some sense of individual purpose and exercise artistic freedom, Winceworth begins inserting unauthorised, fictitious entries into the dictionary. In the present day, young intern Mallory is tasked with uncovering these mountweazels as the text of the dictionary is digitised for modern readers. Through the words and their definitions she finds she has access to their creator's motivations, hopes and desires. More pressingly, she must also field daily threatening anonymous phone calls.
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The Liar's Dictionary, Eley Williams
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- Année de publication
- 2021
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- Titre
- The Liar's Dictionary
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Eley Williams
- Éditeur
- Random House UK Ltd
- Publié
- 2021
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 254
- ISBN10
- 1786090597
- ISBN13
- 9781786090591
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Thème historique, Dictionnaires et manuels de langue, Littérature contemporaine, LGBTQ+, Dictionnaires linguistiques, 19e siècle, Grande-Bretagne, Dictionnaires, Londres, Sur les livres, 21e siècle
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- 3,65 sur 5
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- It is the final year of the 19th century and Peter Winceworth has reached the letter 'S', toiling away for the much-anticipated and multi-volume 'Swansby's New Encyclopaedic Dictionary'. He is overwhelmed at his desk and increasingly uneasy that his colleagues are attempting to corral language and regiment facts. Compelled to assert some sense of individual purpose and exercise artistic freedom, Winceworth begins inserting unauthorised, fictitious entries into the dictionary. In the present day, young intern Mallory is tasked with uncovering these mountweazels as the text of the dictionary is digitised for modern readers. Through the words and their definitions she finds she has access to their creator's motivations, hopes and desires. More pressingly, she must also field daily threatening anonymous phone calls.