The Word Exchange

Author: Alena Graedon
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Category: Fiction, Mystery
Book Format: Paperback

'Spine-tingling' New York Times'A fast-paced, thrill-a-minute debut novel' New Yorker'Graedon knows how to ratchet up mystery' EsquireWORDS ARE UNDER THREAT. IT'S TIME TO FIGHT BACK...Imagine a world without words. A world in which books, libraries and newspapers are things of the past. A world where personal devices provide all you could want or need.Anana Johnson and her father, Doug, are hard at work on the final edition that will ever be printed of the English Dictionary. But one evening, Doug disappears and Anana unearths a single written clue: ALICE.In the battle to save her father, Anana discovers secret societies, dark incinerator rooms and underground passages. Above all, she finds a world that faces ruin from the dark side of technology.

About Alena Graedon
Alena Graedon graduated from Brown in 2002 and received her MFA in 2007 from Columbia. She worked as the Manager of Literary Awards and Membership at the PEN America Center before leaving to finish THE WORD EXCHANGE, her first novel, with the help of fellowships at several artist colonies. Her writing has been translated into nine languages. She lives in Brooklyn.

(BK-9781780225623)

SKU BK-9781780225623
Barcode # 9781780225623
Brand Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Artist / Author Alena Graedon
Shipping Weight 0.3000kg
Shipping Width 0.170m
Shipping Height 0.030m
Shipping Length 0.210m
Assembled Length 20.500m
Assembled Height 2.800m
Assembled Width 16.600m
Type Paperback

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