This fascinating book within a book (literally) will please fans of the author and also anyone who loves a substantial whodunit. Plenty of inside information about books, writers and publishing.
A circus tent of wordplay and bizarre lexicography, this tale of two toilers in the trenches of dictionary-making is funny, creative and often amazes with the facility displayed by the author in making the English language fresh.
An Atmospheric Victorian fantasy/mystery featuring a hapless divinity student and a hardened Scotland Yard detective searching for sinister serial murderers.