by Emily Arsenault
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...
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Enjoyed this mystery and I didn't even look at the end ;) I really loved how the mystery unfolded.
I was very keen to read The Broken Teaglass when I first heard about it. After all, it has a lot of elements that I find appealing: lexicography, mystery, and local interest--the author currently lives in nearby Shelburne Falls and worked at Merriam-Webster, right up the street from the central libr...
I feel like a complete heel. I won this book though a Goodreads giveaway. A two paragraph review in this weekend's New York Times Book Review liked this book. All the reviews here seem positive.I couldn't finish it.To be fair, I don't think it is Arsenault's fault. In fact, I would be willing to...
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