The African Svelte by Daniel Menaker

The African Svelte by Daniel Menaker

Inspired by his tenure at The New Yorker, this collection of comical, revelatory errors foraged from the wilds of everyday English comes with commentary by the author, illustrations by Roz Chast, and a foreword from Billy Collins.

During his time at The New Yorker, Daniel Menaker happened across a superb spelling mistake: The zebras were grazing on the African svelte. Fascinated by the idea of unintentionally meaningful spelling errors, he began to see that these gaffes--neither typos nor auto-corrects--are sometimes more interesting than their straight-laced counterparts. Through examples he has collected over the course of his decades-long career as an editor and writer, he brings us to a new understanding of language--how it's used, what it means, and what fun it can be.

Illustrated by the inimitable Roz Chast, with a foreword from former poet laureate Billy Collins, The African Svelte offers thoughtful and intelligent exit Jesus. Menaker glances at familiar fumbles like for all intensive purposes and doggy-dog world, but readers delighted by language will find themselves turning the pages with baited breath to discover fresh howlers that have them laughing off their dairy airs.

Menaker, Daniel: - Daniel Menaker began his career as a fact checker at The New Yorker, where he became an editor and worked for twenty-six years. Formerly executive editor in chief of Random House, Menaker is the author of six books. He has also written for the New York Times, the Atlantic, Harper's Magazine, and many other publications. He lives in New York City with his wife, the writer Katherine Bouton.

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ISBN 13	9780544800632
ISBN 10	054480063X
Title	The African Svelte
Author	Daniel Menaker
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Mariner Books
Year published	2016-10-18
Number of pages	256
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