About the Author

Peter Meltzer

Reviews

"A special, offbeat supplement to a general compendium of synonyms." --"The New York Times"

"Endlessly readable and wonderfully instructive." --Robert Hartwell Fiske, author, "The Dimwit's Dictionary"

"One of the most distinctive features of the book is its use of proper names as synonyms." --"Chicago Tribune"

"A million dollars' worth of fifty-cent words." -- Erin McKean, editor, "Verbatim"

"A million dollars' worth of fifty-cent words." --Erin McKean, editor, "Verbatim"