Mark Forsyth

The real surprise contained in a Kinder Surprise Egg

Keith Kahn-Harris’s charming conceit is that the warning message within is a skeleton key to the languages of the world

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issue 18 December 2021
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  • The Babel Message: A Love Letter to Language

    Keith Kahn-Harris

    Icon Books, pp. 336, £12

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