About the Author:
Lynne Truss is one of the best loved Britain's comic writers.
Lynne Truss is an English author, journalist, novelist, and radio broadcaster and dramatist.
This book was inspired by a BBC Radio show about punctuation, Cutting a Dash. It was presented by her.
Presentation:
The book is an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers & printed on a FSC certified paper. Font type and size is pleasing to eyes.
The book has 7 sections sans any chapter nos to lend uniqueness to the way Author liked to present. Persuading the readers that each punctuation mark is important.
# Introduction: The Seventh Sense
# The Tractable Apostrophe
# That"ll Do, Comma
# Airs and Graces,
# Cutting a Dash
# A Little used punctuation Mark
# Merely Conventional Signs
The way it is written for any stickler or not so stickler of the written word is a delight to read. Her witty and humour filled expressions; personification of a punctuation would get even the most mundane reader to splits and admire it; the personification, that is.
It keeps the reader hooked on. The wit & humour is used; such that the serious message is nailed in with ease. One needs to read it; to appreciate & enjoy.
Witty, Educative & Funny !
The simple ? to her looks like a sea-horse. I bet, now when you see one; you would also look at question mark - not as a mere question mark - but a sea-horse looking back at the sentence that precedes.
The author is so dedicated to using the punctuation correctly that she even advocates to form a Vigilante group of Apostrophe society which is armed with- correction fluid, big pens, stickers in various sizes to stick over wrong apostrophes and so on.... Would you like to join her campaign in promoting the correct usage....Be brave go on...it is worth for a noble cause.
The book ends with a Bibliography that reflects the kind of research the Author has done before setting out to pen this remarkable book on a simple yet important subject : the punctuation. Highly recommended book around at present time to save the literary world!
The book invites one to really enjoy the written word and pay attention to the nuances of the written world. As long as we have Authors like her; the print media has a bright future in-spite of the web world encroaching upon it so determinedly.
Go folks; go for this treasure book and ensure you have one in the personal collection & gifting. Good for all ages. Young, old, & not so old.
The review seems pretty intriguing... will definitely read the book to figure out how punctuation marks affect the context of the statement in the Literary world
ReplyDeleteVery good reviews..really it is making easy to read book. superb!!
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