Liars Dictionarytransports News Today

Eley Williams’ new novel The Liars Dictionarytransports readers to and from Victorian-era and modern-day London as it follows erudite protagonist—a lexicographer named Peter Winceworth—and present-day earnest dictionary intern Mallory on a whimsical adventure with language. In an ode to the book’s historical setting, this month we present a riff on the Martinez, a 19th-century cocktail considered to be a direct precursor to the martini. Named after one of Winceworth’s delightful ...