The Manual of Detection

Berry Jedediah

ISBN 10: 1594202117 / ISBN 13: 9781594202117

Published by Penguin Books, New York, 2010

About this Item

New York: Penguin Books:, 2010. First edition, Hardcover, Fine sans dust jacket as issued, 278 pp. Cover artwork by: Jim Zuckerman A first novel. Here, an unlikely detective, armed only with an umbrella and a singular handbook, must untangle a string of crimes committed in and through people's dreams. A goofy and surreal mystery. First edition, Hardcover, Fine sans dust jacket as issued,

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Manual of Detection
• Publisher: Penguin Books, New York
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594202117
• ISBN 13: 9781594202117
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Jim Zuckerman
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery

About this title

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.