The Last Word: Tales from the Tip of the Mother Tongue

ISBN-13: 9781408804353 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 320 str.

Ben Macintyre

Opis

Do you know your geek-speak from your geek-chic? Ever wanted to put Humpty Dumpty together again? Can you distinguish Spanglish from Chinglish? This is a collection of pieces that will tease, tickle and tantalise those who enjoy all things lexical.

Recenzje

'A sprinkling of delightful nuggets about the uses and abuses of the English language' Daily Telegraph Books of the Year

O autorze

Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor on The Times. He has worked as the newspaper's correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. He is the author of nine books including Agent Zigzag, shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and the Galaxy British Book Award for Biography of the Year 2008, the number 1 bestseller Operation Mincemeat and, most recently, the Richard & Judy Book Club selection, Double Cross. He lives in London.