'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'A delight... As funny and vivid as Dickens, as...

A WINNER OF THE 2021 BETTY TRASK AWARDS. SHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2021. Swansby's New Encyclopaedic Dictionary is riddled with fictitious entries known as mountweazels penned by Peter Winceworth, a man wishing to make his lasting mark back in 1899. It's up...