Language Maven Strikes Again

by William Safire

Book Overview

Safire guides us through the labyrinth of computerese, calls for the revival of the old-fashioned haberdasher, and interprets the trendy rents, squids, and swangst (parents, weaklings, and anxiety),... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385412991
• ISBN13: 9780385412995
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 447 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.

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Language Maven STrikes Again

Language Maven is just one of William Safire's claims to fame. He is also a bestselling novelist, a political columnist for The New York Times, and the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary. In a previous "incarnation" he worked as a senior speechwriter in the Nixon White House.