The Manual of Detection by Berry, Jedediah

The Manual of Detection (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143116516)

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The Manual of Detection by Berry, Jedediah

The Manual of Detection

$22.00
The Manual of Detection by Berry, Jedediah

The Manual of Detection

$22.00
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Jedediah Berry
ISBN-10: 0143116517
ISBN-13: 9780143116516
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Language: English
Published: 01/26/2010
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.40w x 0.61d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 01/24/2010 pg. 20
Entertainment Weekly 06/29/2012 pg. 77
By Jedediah Berry
By Jedediah Berry
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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.

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