03201cam a2200469 i 4500 623825150 TxAuBib 20210507120000.0 200408s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020013022 9780385546775 0385546777 9780593311868 paperback 0593311868 paperback 9781785152047 hardcover 1785152041 hardcover (OCoLC)1150807703 DLC DLC eng eng rda rda rda DLC rda SINLB DLC AU@ ATCDL AUSPR NZAUC OCLCF ILC YDX YU6 OCLCO ROPUB TxAuBib SINLB AU@ ATCDL AUSPR NZAUC OCLCF ILC YDX YU6 OCLCO ROPUB TxAuBib rda Williams, Eley, author. The Liar's Dictionary / By Eley Williams. First United States edition. New York : Doubleday, [2020] 270 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier An exhilarating and laugh-out-loud debut novel from a prize-winning new talent that chronicles the misadventures of a lovelorn Victorian lexicographer and the young woman put on his trail a century later to root out his misdeeds while confronting questions of her own sexuality and place in the world. Mountweazel n. the phenomenon of false entries within dictionaries and works of reference. Often used as a safeguard against copyright infringement. 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. 20210507. Lexicographers Fiction. Encyclopedias and dictionaries Fiction. Truthfulness and falsehood Fiction. English language Etymology Fiction. Unrequited love Fiction. Coming out (Sexual orientation) Fiction. Creation (Literary, artistic, etc) Fiction. Threats of violence Fiction. Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Fiction. Historical fiction. Love stories. Fiction. TXKPL