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The liar's dictionary : a novel / Eley Williams.
Peter Winceworth, Victorian lexicographer, is toiling away at the letter S for Swansby's multivolume Encyclopaedic Dictionary. His disaffection compels him to insert unauthorized fictitious entries into the dictionary in an attempt to assert some sense of individual purpose and artistic freedom. In the present day, Mallory, a young intern employed by the publisher, is tasked with uncovering these mountweazels before the work is digitized. She also has to contend with threatening phone calls from an anonymous caller. Is the change in the definition of marriage really that upsetting? And does the caller really intend for the Swansby's staff to 'burn in hell'? As these two narratives combine, both Winceworth and Mallory discover how they might negotiate the complexities of the often nonsensical, relentless, untrustworthy, hoax-strewn, and undefinable path we call life. An exhilarating debut novel from a formidably brilliant young writer, The Liar's Dictionary celebrates the rigidity, fragility, absurdity, and joy of language.-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385546775
- ISBN: 0385546777
- ISBN: 9780593311868
- ISBN: 0593311868
- ISBN: 9781785152047
- ISBN: 1785152041
- Physical Description: 270 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by William Heinemann, an imprint of Cornerstone Publishing, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd., London, in 2020. |
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| Genre: | Historical fiction. Romance fiction. |
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- 15 of 16 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
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- 2 current holds with 16 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Kansas City Public Library | FICTION WILLIAMS 2021 (Text) | 0001002432803 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library District - Osage Beach | FIC WILLIAMS (Text) | 31320003842643 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cape Girardeau Public Library | WIL (Text) | 33042004730860 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Carthage Public Library | FIC Williams, Eley (Text) | 34MO2001806950 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | F WIL 2021 (Text) | 0002205569433 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Jefferson County Library-Northwest | F WILLIAMS Eley (Text) | 30051000310687 | Fiction | Checked out | 04/24/2024 |
| Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly | F WILLIAMS (Text) | 2004519614 | Adult Fiction Shelves | Available | - |
| Livingston County Library - Main Library | WILLIAMS (Text) | 2601932678 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Neosho Newton - Neosho | WILLIAMS, ELEY (Text) | 34162002091955 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Polk County Library-Bolivar | FIC WIL (Text) | 34531000311292 | Fiction | Available | - |
