The liar's dictionary

DAISY Sound Recording 2021

Mountweazel n. the phenomenon of false entries within dictionaries and works of reference. Often used as a safeguard against copyright infringement. Peter Winceworth, Victorian lexicographer, is toiling away at the letter 'S' for Swansby's multi-volume Encyclopaedic Dictionary. His disaffection compels him to insert unauthorised fictitious entries into the dictionary in an attempt to assert some sense of individual purpose and artistic freedom. I...

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ISBN:

9780221094316
0221094318

Edition:

DAISY edition
Computer data (1 file : 109 mb)

Description:

1 DAISY disc (7 hr., 56 min.) : sound ; 12 cm
digital
4 3/4 in

Notes:

Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials
Read by Kristen Atherton and Jon Glover
Audio and text
Issued also in online resource format
DAISY reproduction. [New York] : Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2021
Reproduced from: [New York] : Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2021. 9780593348871
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software
Digital to DAISY
DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps
Studio original

Control Number:

3056207

Other Authors:

Atherton, Kristen
Centre for Equitable Library Access (Canada)
Glover, Jon
OverDrive, Inc

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