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August 3, 2008 6:32 am
Ammon Shea's new book Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages got a glowing review from Nicholson Baker in today's New York Times:
Ammon Shea, a sometime furniture mover, gondolier and word collector, has written an oddly inspiring book about reading the whole of the Oxford English Dictionary in one go.
I can vouch for the fact that it's a delightful read. No word on whether they sold the film rights.
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August 3, 2008 11:34 am
I gotta say, though, that I've read it too, and found it to be hardly worth the effort–neither for Ammon nor for me.