The Manual of Detection : A Novel

Jedediah Berry

ISBN 10: 0143116517 / ISBN 13: 9780143116516

Verlag: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr, 2010

Beschreibung

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.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780143116516

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Manual of Detection : A Novel
• Verlag: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0143116517
• ISBN-13: 9780143116516
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 214B x 140 H x 16 T Millimeter Breite: 214 mm, Höhe: 140 mm, Tiefe: 16 mm
• Gewicht: 363 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

"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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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.