The Broken Teaglass
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780553807332 (0553807331)
Publish date: September 29th 2009
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Writing,
Language,
Words,
Literature,
American,
Books About Books,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Detective,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller
It's difficult to imagine that work at a dictionary company and word definitions and citations could be mysterious. But these are the elements that Emily Arsenault quite artfully combines in THE BROKEN TEAGLASS.Billy Webb is a new hire at Samuelson Company, an esteemed dictionary publisher in New En...
I really enjoyed this.It started off a bit slow (I was thinking, "Eh, first novel."). But I got quite absorbed in the mystery.Some reviewers have mentioned that they didn't like the characterizations, but that was actually one of the things I really liked. A lot. I could totally believe in these ...
Hawked as a must-read of word nerds and amateur lexicographers, this novel tells the story of a mystery uncovered by two employees of a dictionary publisher. The main character is Billy Webb, fresh out of college and just starting a job at Samuelson Dictionary. A flirtatious friendship develops betw...
Review to come
Enjoyed this mystery and I didn't even look at the end ;) I really loved how the mystery unfolded.
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