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9780060994860
"[This] is a story brimming with madness, violence, arcane obsession, weird learning, ghastly comedy, and odd sexual fantasy....But most importantly, Winchester recognizes it is also a tragic story and he provides the delicately sympathetic touch it deserves.Winchester, Simon is the author of 'Professor and the Madman A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary' with ISBN 9780060994860 and ISBN 006099486X.
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