Devil's Dictionary

A word book, straight up, with a twist The Devil''s Dictionary is an American classic. A Yankee Oscar Wilde with a wicked edge to his tongue, gained from seeing the world early and cynically as it really was, Ambrose Bierce, friend and rival of Mark Twain, was one of America''s first great writers and journalists. His razor-sharp wit and underlying rage against hypocrisy is perfectly complemented ...