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02611adm a2200385 i 4500 001 72F8E4C8EAB411EB95DB475F3FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210722010305 008 201206s2021 nyu ed 000 1 eng 020 $a 0593346084 (large print) 020 $a 9780593346082 (large print) 040 $a AUTNL $b eng $e rda $c AUTNL $d APL $d SKYRV $d SILO 100 1 $a Williams, Eley, $e author. 245 14 $a The liar's dictionary $h [large type] / $c Eley Williams. 250 $a First Large print edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Random House Large Print, $c [2021] 300 $a 364 pages (large print) ; $c 21 cm. 340 $n large print $2 rda 520 $a Mountweazel n. the phenomenon of false entries within dictionaries and works of reference. Often used as a safeguard against copyright infringement. Peter Winceworth is a lexicographer in Victorian-era London, toiling away at the letter 'S' for a multi-volume Encyclopaedic Dictionary. Secretly, he begins to insert unauthorized fictitious entries into the dictionary in an attempt to assert some artistic freedom. In the present day, Mallory is a young intern employed by the same publisher. Her task is to uncover these mountweazels before the dictionary is digitized. She also has to contend with threatening phone calls from an anonymous caller. Why, she wonders, is the change in the definition of 'marriage' so upsetting to the caller? And does the caller really intend for the publisher's staff to 'burn in hell'? As these two narratives, characters and times entwine, both Winceworth and Mallory discover how they might negotiate the complexities of the nonsensical, relentless, untrustworthy, hoax-strewn and undefinable path we call life. An exhilarating debut from a formidably brilliant young writer, The Liar's Dictionary celebrates the rigidity, fragility, absurdity and joy of language. 650 0 $a Lexicographers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Truthfulness and falsehood $v Fiction. 650 0 $a English language $x Etymology $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Coming out (Sexual orientation) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Sexual minorities $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Threats of violence $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Encyclopedias and dictionaries $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Unrequited love $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Historical fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y Victoria, 1837-1901 $v Fiction. 941 $a 1 945 $a lpt 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722064232.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=72F8E4C8EAB411EB95DB475F3FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search