Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore

ISBN-13: 9781782391210 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 304 str.

Robin Sloan

Opis

Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon out of his life as a Web-design drone and serendipity coupled with sheer curiosity has landed him a new job working the night shift at Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. And it doesn't take long for Clay to realize that the quiet, dusty book emporium is even more curious than the name suggests. There are only a few fanatically committed customers, but they never seem to actually buy anything, instead they simply borrow impossibly obscure volumes perched on dangerously high shelves, all according to some elaborate arrangement with the eccentric proprietor. The store must be a front for something larger, Clay concludes, and soon he has plugged in his laptop, roped in his friends (and a cute girl who works for Google) and embarked on a high-tech analysis of the customers' behaviour. What they discover is an ancient secret that can only be solved by modern means, and a global-conspiracy guarded by Mr. Penumbra himself...who has mysteriously disappeared.

Recenzje

The story is gripping, the characters are terrific and the writing is clever and funny. As intelligent as it is enjoyable Daily Mail

O autorze

Robin Sloan wurde 1979 in der Nähe von Detroit geboren und hat an der Michigan State University Wirtschaftswissenschaften studiert. Er hat für Twitter und verschiedene andere Onlineplattformen gearbeitet und schreibt Romane. Robin Sloan lebt in San Francisco.