Listen to The Dictionary by James Robertson

Republics of the Mind

Republics of the Mind A man goes to consult his trusty old dictionary, but is disturbed to find that none of the words and letters are where they ought to be. A darkly comic tale of alphabetical chaos and confusion by the award-winning author of The Testament of Gideon Mack.

Written by James Robertson

Read by Simon Tait

Produced by David Jackson Young

The Dictionary appears in Republics of the Mind, a collection of short stories by James Robertson (Black & White Publishing, 2012)

James Robertson’s latest novel, The Professor of Truth, is published in June 2013 by Hamish Hamilton

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