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2021 Betty Trask Prize (nominee)
2021 Desmond Elliott Prize (nominee)
LONGLISTED 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?
Genre: Literary Fiction
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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?
Genre: Literary Fiction
Praise for this book
"The Liar’s Dictionary is the book I was longing for. So eudaemonical, so felicific and habile! A harlequinade of cachinnation! It's hilarious and smart and charming and I loved it. Read it. It’s the book you’re longing for." - Andrew Sean Greer
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