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Rent Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel
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Format: Quality Paperback, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: Sep 2013
Genre: Fiction - Literary
Retail Price: $18.00
Pages: 304
Synopsis
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
New York Times Book ReviewEditors' Choice
New York Times Bestseller
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.
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