The Case of the Missing Books (The Mobile Library)

Ian Sansom

ISBN 10: 0007206992 / ISBN 13: 9780007206995

Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 2006

About this Item

Introducing Israel Armstrong, one of literature's most unlikely detectives in the first of a series of novels from the author of the critically acclaimed Ring Road. Series: The Mobile Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256. . 2006. UK ed. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9780007206995

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Case of the Missing Books (The Mobile Library)
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007206992
• ISBN 13: 9780007206995
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Introducing Israel Armstrong, one of literature's most unlikely detectives in the first of a series of novels from the author of the critically acclaimed Ring Road.

Israel is an intelligent, shy, passionate, sensitive sort of soul: he's Jewish; he's a vegetarian; he could maybe do with losing a little weight. And he's just arrived in Ireland to take up his first post as a librarian. But the library's been shut down and Israel ends up stranded on the North Antrim coast driving an old mobile library.

There's nice scenery, but 15,000 fewer books than there should be. Who on earth steals that many books? How? When would they have time to read them all? And is there anywhere in this godforsaken place where he can get a proper cappuccino and a decent newspaper?

Israel wants answers...

About the Author

Ian Sansom reviews regularly for the Guardian and the London Review of Books. His first book, The Truth About Babies, was published by Granta in 2002, and his second, Ring Road, by Fourth Estate in 2004.