New York: Penguin. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued; Author's first book. 2009 Hammett . Award winner. No dust jacket, as issued. Light rubbing to boards.. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. In this tightly plotted yet mind-expanding debut novel, an unlikely detective, armed with only an umbrella and a singular handbook, must untangle a string of crimes committed in and through people's dreams. ; 9.10 X 6.20 X 1 inches; 288 pages .

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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.

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Bookseller: Blackbird Bookshop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 7345
Title: THE MANUAL OF DETECTION
Author: Berry, Jedediah
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued; Author's first book. 2009 Hammett Award winner. No dust jacket, as issued. Light r
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 1594202117
ISBN 13: 9781594202117
Publisher: Penguin
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2009
Keywords: MYSTERIES
Bookseller catalogs: Mysteries & Thrillers; Mystery & Suspense / B;

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