A word book, straight up, with a twist, "The Devil's Dictionary" is an American classic. A Yankee Oscar Wilde with a wicked edge to his tongue, Ambrose Bierce, friend and rival of Mark Twain, was one of America's first great writers and journalists. His razor-sharp wit and underlying rage against hypocrisy are perfectly complemented by Ralph Steadman's equally incisive pen-and-ink illustrations.
| ISBN: | 9780747594109 |
| Publication date: | 20th October 2008 |
| Author: | Ambrose Bierce |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Genres: |
Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics Dictionaries Parodies and spoofs: non-fiction |