The Manual of Detection

Berry, Jedediah

ISBN 10: 1594202117 / ISBN 13: 9781594202117

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

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Manual of Detection

Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The, New York

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: None, as issued

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: Signed, First Edition, First Printing.

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.