Ascent of the A-Wordby Geoffrey Nunberg An attention-grabbing, thought-provoking exploration of the life of the word "asshole," by a renowned linguist and author Pages of Ascent of the A-Word : Page 1Page 2Page 3Page 4Page 5Page 6Page 7Page 8Page 9Page 10Page 11Page 12Page 13Page 14Page 15Page 16Page 17Page 18Page 19Page 20Page 21Page 22Page 23