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    The Literary Devil's Dictionary
    The Literary Devil's Dictionary
    The Literary Devil's Dictionary
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    The Literary Devil's Dictionary

    By David Davis

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    The Literary Devil's Dictionary is everything you ever wanted to scream about the book publishing business but were afraid to yell. A sly send up of every industry sacred cow, this is the perfect gift for anyone connected to the publishing game. The satirical definitions of literary terms will have you laughing out loud. This tome skewers writers, editors, publishers, agents, brick and mortar bookstores, poets, ebooks, and you name it. Also contains other infernal delights like a "Rejection Rejection Form" and "The Little Red Hen With a Pen" and many more. Written in the style of Ambrose Bierce. If you are a grown up, this laugh fest is not to be missed--unless you are a snobby literary stuffed shirt.Humor for grown ups by David Davis writing as Tom Twain.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNew Summerfield Press
    Release dateSep 16, 2009
    ISBN9781458059840
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