Wordplay books

A name, a double meaning or an expression taken literally can give a sentence an extra turn. Wordplay makes language part of the entertainment, whether a character enjoys a terrible pun or a narrator keeps finding new meanings in familiar phrases.

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Look at the examples in each profile to see how the language is used. Rapid puns, verbal misunderstandings and elaborate name jokes create different rhythms. The surrounding genre still matters: a taste for wordplay can sit comfortably beside romance, a crime plot or an invented world.

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