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July 2008
On Sale: July 2, 2008
240 pages ISBN: 0399533982 EAN: 9780399533983 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
An obsessive word lover?s account of reading the
Oxford English Dictionary cover to cover.
?I?m reading the OED so you don?t have to. If you are
interested in vocabulary that is both spectacularly useful
and beautifully useless, read on...?
So reports
Ammon Shea, the tireless, word-obsessed, and more than
slightly masochistic author of Reading the OED. The
word lover?s Mount Everest, the OED has enthralled
logophiles since its initial publication 80 years ago.
Weighing in at 137 pounds, it is the dictionary to end all
dictionaries.
In 26 chapters filled with sharp wit,
sheer delight, and a documentarian?s keen eye, Shea shares
his year inside the OED, delivering a hair-pulling,
eye-crossing account of reading every word, and revealing
the most obscure, hilarious, and wonderful gems he discovers
along the way.
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