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AuCNLKIN |
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20210324190458.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781785152047 |
| Terms of availability |
21.30 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1150807703 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
CHRRO |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
CHRRO |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Modifying agency |
SALS |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
823.92 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Williams, Eley, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The liar's dictionary / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Eley Williams. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
William Heinemann, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2020. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
265 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
21 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
In the final year of the nineteenth century, Peter Winceworth has reached the letter 'S', toiling away for the much-anticipated and multi-volume Swansby's New Encyclopaedic Dictionary. Overwhelmed at his desk and increasingly uneasy that his colleagues are attempting to corral language and regiment facts, Winceworth feels compelled to assert some sense of individual purpose and exercise artistic freedom, and begins inserting unauthorised, fictitious entries into the dictionary. In the present day, young intern Mallory is tasked with uncovering these mountweazels as the text of the dictionary is digitised for modern readers. Through the words and their definitions she finds she has access to their creator's motivations, hopes and desires. More pressingly, she must also field daily threatening anonymous phone calls. Is a suggested change to the dictionary's definition of marriage (n.) really that controversial? What power does Mallory have when it comes to words and knowing how to tell the truth? And does the caller really intend for the Swansby's staff to 'burn in hell'? As their two narratives combine, Winceworth and Mallory must discover how to negotiate the complexities of an often nonsensical, untrustworthy, hoax-strewn and undefinable life. The Liar's Dictionary explores themes of trust and creativity, naming the unnameable, and celebrates the rigidity, fragility and absurdity of language. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Lexicographers |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Truthfulness and falsehood |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
English language |
| General subdivision |
Etymology |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Unrequited love |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Coming out (Sexual orientation) |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Threats of violence |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Great Britain |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
Victoria, 1837-1901 |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type |
Book |
