Concerned about the ellipsis? Confused by the comma? No one understands the question mark? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that will surely separate the dashes from the hyphens.

We've all had the basic rules of punctuation drilled into us at school, but punctuation interveners have good reason to suspect that they were never installed. "It's Summer!" cries one sign that makes us grit our teeth. "The Pansy is ready," we learn with keen interest ("Is it?) as we meander among the garden plants.

It's not just the rules of punctuation that have come to the forefront, but also the sense of why they matter. In this runaway bestseller, Lynne Truss takes up the fight against emoticons and the ellipses of "footwear" with a war cry: "Join the Sticklers!"

Pages: 244, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm