Irish Willow

"I hope that the word-maps I've attempted to draw here will allow others to walk onto some of the patches of pondweed that have surprised me, so that they too may feel them giving way and opening into unnoticed waters. And I hope it will soon become evident...that language's landmass itself is littered with trapdoors, so that a certain turn of phrase, a choice of word, can plunge us without warning into unexpected pools and oceans." (from the Foreword)