Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour bookstore : a novel
Sloan, Robin
Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour bookstore : a novel / Robin Sloan - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2012 - 288 p. ; 22 cm.
The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon away from life as a San Francisco web-design drone and into the aisles of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. But after a few days on the job, Clay discovers that the store is more curious than either its name or its gnomic owner might suggest. The customers are few, and they never seem to buy anything--instead, they "check out" large, obscure volumes from strange corners of the store. Suspicious, Clay engineers an analysis of the clientele's behavior, seeking help from his variously talented friends. But when they bring their findings to Mr. Penumbra, they discover the bookstore's secrets extend far beyond its walls. Rendered with irresistible brio and dazzling intelligence, Robin Sloan's Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is exactly what it sounds like: an establishment you have to enter and will never want to leave.
9781250037756
2012012357
Bookstores----Employees----Fiction
San Francisco (CA)----Fiction
Fantasy fiction
Adventure fiction
Suspense fiction
PS3619.L6278 / M77 2012
FIC SLO
Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour bookstore : a novel / Robin Sloan - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2012 - 288 p. ; 22 cm.
The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon away from life as a San Francisco web-design drone and into the aisles of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. But after a few days on the job, Clay discovers that the store is more curious than either its name or its gnomic owner might suggest. The customers are few, and they never seem to buy anything--instead, they "check out" large, obscure volumes from strange corners of the store. Suspicious, Clay engineers an analysis of the clientele's behavior, seeking help from his variously talented friends. But when they bring their findings to Mr. Penumbra, they discover the bookstore's secrets extend far beyond its walls. Rendered with irresistible brio and dazzling intelligence, Robin Sloan's Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is exactly what it sounds like: an establishment you have to enter and will never want to leave.
9781250037756
2012012357
Bookstores----Employees----Fiction
San Francisco (CA)----Fiction
Fantasy fiction
Adventure fiction
Suspense fiction
PS3619.L6278 / M77 2012
FIC SLO
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