First Edition/First Printing (Number Line With The One Present). Green And Black Illustrated Boards With Light Yellow Lettering On The Front And Spine.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Manual of Detection

Publisher

The Penguin Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Publication Date

2009

Language

English

ISBN 10

1594202117

ISBN 13

9781594202117

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

As New

Dust Jacket Condition

Not Issued

Seller catalogs

Fiction.Fiction - Literary

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Synopsis

Unexpectedly promoted to detective when his predecessor goes missing and a supervisor is killed, agency clerk Charles Unwin struggles with inexperience, nerves, and a perpetually sleepy assistant during a case in which he encounters bizarre clues and is framed for murder. A first novel. 50,000 first printing.

About the Author

Jedediah Berry holds an M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and has been published in Best New American Voices 2008 (his story was described by Kirkus Reviews as a mordant, gripping fantasy) as well as in literary magazines and online fiction sites. By day, he is an assistant editor at Small Beer Press in Easthampton, Massachusetts.

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I own and operate a small on-line bookstore with about 22,000 volumes. The title and author for each volume listed, is taken from the title and or the copyright page. The number of pages listed, is taken from the last numbered page.

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