The Liar's Dictionary av Eley Williams

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<p><b>A WINNER OF THE 2021 BETTY TRASK AWARDS<br></b><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2021</b><br><b>_</b><b>_________________________</b><br><b>''Joyous'' </b><i>SPECTATOR</i><br><b>''Remarkable'' </b><i>SUNDAY TIMES</i><br><b>''A playful delight... A glorious novel'' </b><i>OBSERVER</i><br><br><i>Swansby''s New Encyclopaedic Dictionary</i> is riddled with fictitious entries known as <i>mountweazels</i> 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.<br><br>Lost in Winceworth''s imagination - a world full of meaningless words - will Mallory finally discover the secret to living a meaningful life?<br><b>_</b><b>_________________________</b><br>''<b>Made me almost tearful with gratitude that a book as clever as this could give such uncomplicated pleasure</b> ... <b>And when you find a book like this, you grab it, and you h