The Manual of Detection : A Novel

Jedediah Berry

ISBN 10: 0143116517 / ISBN 13: 9780143116516

Editore: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr, 2010

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'This debut novel weaves the kind of mannered fantasy that might result if Wes Anderson were to adapt Kafka.' --The New Yorker Reminiscent of imaginative fiction from Jorge Luis Borges to Jasper Fforde yet dazzlingly original, The Manual of Detection marks the debut of a prodigious young talent. Charles Unwin toils as a clerk at a huge, imperious detective agency located in an unnamed city always slick with rain. When Travis Sivart, the agency's most illustrious detective, is murdered, Unwin is suddenly promoted and must embark on an utterly bizarre quest for the missing investigator that leads him into the darkest corners of his soaking, somnolent city. What ensues is a noir fantasy of exquisite craftsmanship, as taut as it is mind- blowing, that draws readers into a dream world that will change what they think about how they think.

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• Titolo: The Manual of Detection : A Novel
• Editore: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0143116517
• ISBN 13: 9780143116516
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 214 L x 140 A x 16 P (millimetri) 214 millimetri di larghezza per 140 millimetri di altezza per 16 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 363 grammi

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"This debut novel weaves the kind of mannered fantasy that might result if Wes Anderson were to adapt Kafka." --The New Yorker

Reminiscent of imaginative fiction from Jorge Luis Borges to Jasper Fforde yet dazzlingly original, The Manual of Detection marks the debut of a prodigious young talent. Charles Unwin toils as a clerk at a huge, imperious detective agency located in an unnamed city always slick with rain. When Travis Sivart, the agency's most illustrious detective, is murdered, Unwin is suddenly promoted and must embark on an utterly bizarre quest for the missing investigator that leads him into the darkest corners of his soaking, somnolent city. What ensues is a noir fantasy of exquisite craftsmanship, as taut as it is mind- blowing, that draws readers into a dream world that will change what they think about how they think.

Informazioni sull?autore

Jedediah Berry’s short fiction has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Best New American Voices and Best American Fantasy. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he works as assistant editor of Small Beer Press.