“[The] most exciting of young British writers ... Williams luxuriates in words and wordplay, in definition and precision and invention ... The Liar's Dictionary is a public joy, and Eley Williams a free-spirited literary kook with bags of potential.”
— BIG ISSUE
“Deft and clever, refreshing and rewarding ... An assured and satisfying writer, her language rich and intricate and her characters rounded enough to be sympathetic and lampoonist enough to be terribly funny.”
— LITERARY REVIEW
“The Liar's Dictionary is the book I was longing for ... Positively intoxicated with the joy and wonder of language ... Eley Williams brings erudition and playfulness - and lovely sweetness - to every page.”
— BENJAMIN DREYER, New York Times bestselling author of DREYER'S ENGLISH
“Made me almost tearful with gratitude that a book as clever as this could give such uncomplicated pleasure ... And when you find a book like this, you grab it, and you hold it close.”
— JOHN SELF
“This tale of lexical intrigues is an absolute joy to read! It's gloriously inventive and playful, but with just the right amount of heart.”
— LUCY SCHOLES
“A delight ... As funny and vivid as Dickens, as moving and memorable as Nabokov ... An extraordinarily large-hearted work.”
— THE CRITIC
“A singular, hilarious, word-drunk novel, which I suspect will be seen in the future as a classic comic novel.”
— DAVID HAYDEN, IRISH TIMES
“Eley Williams's debut novel, The Liar's Dictionary, is a lexicographical delight.”
— OBSERVER
The Liar's Dictionary
Year
2020
Pages
288
Praise
“[The] most exciting of young British writers ... Williams luxuriates in words and wordplay, in definition and precision and invention ... The Liar's Dictionary is a public joy, and Eley Williams a free-spirited literary kook with bags of potential.”
— BIG ISSUE
“Deft and clever, refreshing and rewarding ... An assured and satisfying writer, her language rich and intricate and her characters rounded enough to be sympathetic and lampoonist enough to be terribly funny.”
— LITERARY REVIEW
“The Liar's Dictionary is the book I was longing for ... Positively intoxicated with the joy and wonder of language ... Eley Williams brings erudition and playfulness - and lovely sweetness - to every page.”
— BENJAMIN DREYER, New York Times bestselling author of DREYER'S ENGLISH
“Made me almost tearful with gratitude that a book as clever as this could give such uncomplicated pleasure ... And when you find a book like this, you grab it, and you hold it close.”
— JOHN SELF
“This tale of lexical intrigues is an absolute joy to read! It's gloriously inventive and playful, but with just the right amount of heart.”
— LUCY SCHOLES
“A delight ... As funny and vivid as Dickens, as moving and memorable as Nabokov ... An extraordinarily large-hearted work.”
— THE CRITIC
“A singular, hilarious, word-drunk novel, which I suspect will be seen in the future as a classic comic novel.”
— DAVID HAYDEN, IRISH TIMES
“Eley Williams's debut novel, The Liar's Dictionary, is a lexicographical delight.”
— OBSERVER
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