Muneel Zaidi's Reviews > Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters

Looking for entry-level ergodic fiction? Start here.

An allegorical story about a fictional nation where the citizens venerate a man who came up with the phrase "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog," a phrase utilizing all 26 letters of the alphabet.

The story is a series of letters that chronicle a island community as the use of the letter "Z" is outlawed, soon followed by others, and all the social, political, and literal chaos that ensues.

The reader will encounter archaic words, strange vernacular, and ultimately train their brain to read a new form of phonetic English writing based on the limited lettericon.

A frustratingly satisfying experience.