The Meaning of Liff
The Original Dictionary Of Things There Should Be Words For
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2013
Summary
In life, there are many hundreds of common experiences, feelings, situations, and even objects that we all know and recognize, but for which no words exist. On the other hand, the world is littered with thousands of spare words that spend their time doing nothing but loafing about on signposts pointing at places.
Douglas Adams and John Lloyd saw it as their job to get these words down off the signposts and into the mouths of babes and sucklings and so on, where they could start earnin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780752227597 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0752227599 |
| Author: | Douglas Adams, John Lloyd |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Boxtree Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Edition: | Main Market Ed. |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 185mm x 119mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Boxtree |
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About The Author
Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams was the world-famous creator of the ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’, which has been a radio sitcom, a TV drama, a film and a series of bestselling novels. He was also the author of, among other things, two novels starring the metaphysical detective Dirk Gently: ‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’ and ‘The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul’.
John Lloyd is one of the most successful television comedy producers of all time, having been responsible for “Not the Nine O’Clock News”, “Blackadder”, “QI” and “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”.
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