The African Svelte: Ingenious Misspellings That Make Surprising Sense

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 054480063X
• ISBN13: 9780544800632
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 7.1"