This book brought a real smile to my face. I have not yet read a novel in letters before this one, and I must say I find it very fascinating. To only read what one person tells another and not to get every descriptive detail of what is going on. 
 So the story is about a little island country of the coast of South Carolina, called Nollop. Named after Nevin Nollop who quipped the famous pangram "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog". The residents of Nollop have an erected statue of the man Nollop with his pangram pasted beneath made of tiles. One day, the tiles begin to fall and the council edicts that it is the will of Nollop's ghost that such letters that fall from this so important sentence must be excised from use. 
 What befalls the residents of Nollop (as read in letters from the members of town including Ella Minnow Pea) is a struggle to live their lives without using every letter they have known until now. The repercussions of such use results in 1. a reprimand, 2. being lashed or put in stocks, and 3. banishment. The High Council who made such rules, take it upon themselves to be judge, jury, and executioner, and even go so far as to expropriate land from banished islanders to erect a temple in Nollop's name. 
 It is a quick read yet the letters are beautifully written truly by someone who is in love with words and I believe so many other readers like me can appreciate that.