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It is difficult to overstate just how persuasive a storyteller Pip Williams is after reading The Bookbinder of Jericho.

It is difficult to overstate just how persuasive a storyteller Pip Williams is after reading The Bookbinder of Jericho.

It is difficult to overstate just how persuasive a storyteller Pip Williams is after reading The Bookbinder of Jericho.

People influence dictionaries, and dictionaries influence people

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 linguistic inventions, this version of the classic drink uses London dry gin and an even split of sw...