Eats, shoots & leaves : the zero tolerance approach to punctuation
Easts, shoots and leaves.
/ Lynne Truss
- New York : Gotham Books , c2003.
- xxvii, 209 p. ; 19 cm.
Originally published in Great Britain in 2003 by Profile Books.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-209).
Foreword / Frank McCourt -- Publisher's note -- Preface -- Introduction : the seventh sense -- The tractable apostrophe -- That'll do, comma -- Airs and graces -- Cutting a dash -- A little used punctuation mark -- Merely conventional signs -- Bibliography.
A New York Times Bestseller. In 2002 Lynne Truss presented a well-received BBC Radio 4 series about punctuation which led to the writing of Eats, Shoots and Leaves. The book became a runaway success in the UK, hitting number one on the bestseller lists and prompting extraordinary headlines such as "Grammar Book Tops Bestseller List" (BBC News). With over a half million copies in print in England, Truss is ready to rally the troops on this side of the pond with her rousing cry "Sticklers unite!"