An exhilarating and laugh-out-loud debut novel from a prize-winning new talent which chronicles the misadventures of a lovelorn Victorian lexicographer and the young woman put on his trail a century later to root out his misdeeds while confronting qu...
"It's just the real inexplicable gorgeous brilliant thing this book. I love it in a way I usually reserve for people." --Max PorterA dazzling, prizewinning short story collection that showcases a bold new talentEley Williams has been a literary ...