DZANC BOOKS

Mark Dunn Ella Minnow Pea; 20th Anniversary Illustrated Edition

Condition: New

Size: 210 Pages

Description:

Set on a fictional island off the coast of South Carolina, Ella Minnow Pea takes readers to the homeland of the late Nevin Nollop, the inventor of the pangram “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” Lionized for this achievement, he’s been honored with a monument featuring this famous phrase. But life for Nollopians drastically changes when the tile containing the letter “z” topples from the statue and island authorities interpret the fall as a message from Nollop from beyond the grave. They waste no time in banning this letter from all use. As other tiles fall, additional laws are passed which put increasing communicational constraints on the islanders, and ultimately undermine all the freedoms they had heretofore taken for granted. It is up to a young woman named Ella to restore order and sanity to the nation of Nollop, using the very tools used by Mr. Nollop to win the day.