Emberton : A Novel Product Form:Paperback / softback 0 in - 538 pp

0 in - 538 pp

unrelenting foe of all pretension

he developed deep and lasting friendships with a number of Inuit elders

Publication Date: 12/04/2010

Emberton : A Novel Product Form:Paperback / softback 0 in - 538 ppDescription 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