Emberton : A Novel Product Form:Paperback / softback unrelenting foe of all pretension

unrelenting foe of all pretension

Thanks to Hui’s skill at connection

the companies deposed rulers

humour and keen curiosity

translator and activist Abdulrahim Parwani

Emberton : A Novel Product Form:Paperback / softback unrelenting foe of all pretensionDescription Lance Blunt, despite the best efforts of his parents and teachers, has never been able to read. Even if he stares at a word until his corneas bleed, the letters remain indecipherable rubble. When an anonymous postcard offers him a job at Emberton Dictionary and suggests that there he will find the resolution to his "particular difficulty," he goes for an interview, hoping that someone at this prestigious repository of words can finally