The Manual of Detection

Berry, Jedediah

ISBN 10: 1594202117 / ISBN 13: 9781594202117

Published by Penguin Press HC, The, New York, 2009

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Manual of Detection
• Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The, New York
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594202117
• ISBN 13: 9781594202117
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Signed, First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: None, as issued
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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.