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Mountweazeln. the phenomenon of false entries within dictionaries and works of reference. Often used as a safeguard against copyright infringement.Peter Winceworth a disaffected Victorian lexicographer inserts false entries into a dictionary ? violating and subverting the dictionarys authority ? in an attempt to assert some sense of individual purpose and artisticMountweazeln. the phenomenon of false entries within dictionaries and works of reference. Often used as a safeguard against copyright infringement.Peter Winceworth a disaffected Victorian lexicographer inserts false entries into a dictionary ? violating and subverting the dictionarys authority ? in an attempt to assert some sense of individual purpose and artistic freedom. In the present day Mallory a young overworked and underpaid intern employed by the dictionarys publishing house is tasked with uncovering these entries before the work is digitised. As the novel progresses and their narratives combine as Winceworth imagines who will find his fictional words in an unknown future and Mallory discovers more about the anonymous lexicographers life through the clues left in his fictitious entries both discover how they might negotiate the complexities of an absurd relentless untrustworthy hoax-strewn undefinable life.Braiding together contemporary and historical narratives the novel explores themes of trust agency and creativity celebrating the rigidity fragility and absurdity of language.(less)

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