Title: A great tale badly told
Product review: The story of James Murray's obsessive work on compiling the Oxford English Dictionary is a fascinating one. However, 'The Profesor and the Madman' by Simon Winchester sensationalizes an aspect of this undertaking that should exist as a footnote, or a chapter at best. O.K. already, so the man was in a cushy asylum and had a lot of time on his hands.For a more in-depth account of the origins of the OED try 'Caught in the Web of Words: James Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary' by K.M. Elisabeth Murray.
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