The Disheveled Dictionary: A Curious Caper Through Our Sumptuous Lexicon - Softcover

Gordon, Karen Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618381961 ISBN 13: 9780618381968

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2003

Synopsis

With her signature cache of illustrations and flamboyantly gothic examples, Karen Elizabeth Gordon, "who has achieved cult status with her whimsical references, defines an array of daffy, delicious words" (Library Journal). In The Disheveled Dictionary Gordon conjures a world of words, their definitions and myriad uses, and along the way invokes favorite characters from earlier books. Gordon's eccentric wit and unique insights take readers on a delightful romp through the dictionary that will expand their vocabularies and exhilarate their minds. Along the way she celebrates not only the obscure but also our most beloved and basic words. The Disheveled Dictionary is a treat for anyone who loves language -- its sound, its sensuality, its ability to surprise and delight.

About this title

About the Author

Karen Elizabeth Gordon is the author of the classic and comic reference books The Deluxe Transitive Vampire, The New Well-Tempered Sentence, and Torn Wings and Faux Pas. Her wanderlusting fiction includes The Ravenous Muse, The Red Shoes and Other Tattered Tales, and Paris Out of Hand. She lives in Berkeley, California and Paris.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618381961
• ISBN 13: 9780618381968
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180