Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan

The New York Times Bestseller A Winner of the Alex Award a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction named a Best Book of the Year by NPR Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle 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.

TITLE: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

AUTHOR: Robin Sloan

SKU: 9781250037756

PUBLISHER: Picador USA

DATE PUBLISHED: 24/09/2013

PAGES: 288

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 141 mm x 209 mm x 20 mm

WEIGHT: 263 gr