About the Author

Fran ois Caradec (1924-2008) was a French writer and a member of both the College de 'Pataphysique and the Oulipo. His voluminous oeuvre includes biographies of Raymond Roussel and Alfred Jarry, as well as an encyclopedia of practical jokes and a dictionary of French slang. Caradec was a devoted specialist in Alphonse Allais, compiling and editing his collected works, and was one of the first historians of the bande dessineein France.

Reviews

This work deserves a thumbs up for its appeal to a broad audience.—Booklist

If François Caradec's delightfully idiosyncratic Dictionary of Gestures is to be believed, almost all of them amount to some species of mortal insult or erotic invitation somewhere in the world.—Daily Telegraph

[a] huge contemporary relevance, helping to avoid misunderstandings in an increasingly multicultural society. This book could even save lives.—The Spectator

A strangely eclectic reference manual....an eyeopener.—National Post

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