Lost for Words

“A laugh-out-loud sendup of literary prizes. . . . Like a long Monty Python sketch” from the author of the Patrick Melrose novels ( Kirkus Reviews ). Winner of the 2014 Wodehouse Prize “A withering satire . . . a deliciously irreverent novel.” —Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post The judges on the panel of the Elysian Prize for Literature must get through hundreds of submissions to find the best book of the year. Meanwhile, a host of writers are desperate for Elys