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The Waterstones Podcast - Words
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Words
Join us in dictionary corner as we chat to Countdown's Susie Dent about her love of language and her new book which shares the stories behind a word for every day of the year. We also speak with writer Eley Williams about her novel, The Liar's Dictionary, and enter the murky world of the mountweazel. Truly a treat for logophiles everywhere.
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Exploring the unruly potential of language, The Liar’s Dictionary is a story of two lexicographers – one overtaken by an impulse to invent words and the other, a century later, trying to ferret out his fictional entries.
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Whilst exploring the pitfalls of communication,this mesmerising short fiction collection illustrates, by its very nature, the boundless possibilities of well-chosen words.
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