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This review is from: Indexers and Indexes in Fact and Fiction (Studies in Book and Print Culture) (Paperback)
No bibliophile will want to resist this instructive, entertaining and amusing anthology, which reveals indexes as whimsical (Lewis Carroll), enticing (Pepys), hilarious (Julian Barnes), or playful (Virginia Woolf). Indexers portrayed in fiction are noted to be everything from drunk (in Trollope) to meticulous (Sherlock Holmes) to romantic (in Barbara Pym). The entries are fascinating, the brief history of indexing is engrossing, and A.S.Byatt's foreword is brilliant. A splendid and unique 'must-have' for any book lover.
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This review is from: Indexers and Indexes in Fact and Fiction (Studies in Book and Print Culture) (Paperback)
It is not often that a book by an indexer about indexers and indexes can be described as fun. Hazel Bell's meticulously researched book is fun to read. Bell was editor of the British journal, The Indexer, for over 18 years. In this volume she has collected gems -- quotes about indexes, quotes from indexes, indexers that appear in fiction as characters, and much more. And, oh yes! The book includes an index.
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Indexers and Indexes in Fact and Fiction (Studies in Book and Print Culture) by Hazel Bell (Paperback - February 23, 2002)
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