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      The Manual of Detection

      by Jedediah Berry
      Published
      Feb 2009
      Main Genre
      Literary Literary
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      288
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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.

      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      General Fiction Suspense

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      Literary Paranormal Mystery Private Investigator Steampunk

      Characters & Occupations

      Vampires

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      Feb 2010 Penguin ISBN 0143116517
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      Sep 2009 Playaway ISBN 1615748008
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