The Liar's Dictionary
Author: Williams, Eley
ISBN: 9781786090591
Publisher: WINDMILL BOOKS
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 19mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
The eagerly anticipated, playful, and profound debut novel from an utterly original, award-winning writer.
BETTY TRASK AWARD WINNER 2021
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2021
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'Joyous' SPECTATOR
'Remarkable' SUNDAY TIMES
'A playful delight... A glorious novel' OBSERVER
Swansby's New Encyclopaedic Dictionary is riddled with fictitious entries known as mountweazels penned by Peter Winceworth, a man wishing to make his lasting mark back in 1899. It's up to young intern Mallory to uncover these mountweazels before the dictionary can be digitised for modern readers.
Lost in Winceworth's imagination - a world full of meaningless words - will Mallory finally discover the secret to living a meaningful life?
ISBN: 9781786090591
Publisher: WINDMILL BOOKS
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 19mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
The eagerly anticipated, playful, and profound debut novel from an utterly original, award-winning writer.
BETTY TRASK AWARD WINNER 2021
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2021
__________________________
'Joyous' SPECTATOR
'Remarkable' SUNDAY TIMES
'A playful delight... A glorious novel' OBSERVER
Swansby's New Encyclopaedic Dictionary is riddled with fictitious entries known as mountweazels penned by Peter Winceworth, a man wishing to make his lasting mark back in 1899. It's up to young intern Mallory to uncover these mountweazels before the dictionary can be digitised for modern readers.
Lost in Winceworth's imagination - a world full of meaningless words - will Mallory finally discover the secret to living a meaningful life?
