The Geographer's Library

The Geographer's Library
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 0143036629
ISBN-13 : 9780143036623
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Book Synopsis The Geographer's Library by : Jon Fasman

Download or read book The Geographer's Library written by Jon Fasman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A brainy noir . . . [a] winningly cryptic tale . . . a cabinet of wonders written by a novelist whose surname and sensibility fit comfortably on the shelf between Umberto Eco and John Fowles." —Los Angeles Times "One of the year’s most literate and absorbing entertainments." —Kirkus Reviews Jon Fasman’s dizzyingly plotted intellectual thriller suggests a marriage between Dan Brown and Donna Tartt. When reporter Paul Tomm is assigned to investigate the mysterious death of a reclusive academic, he finds himself pursuing leads that date back to the twelfth century and the theft of alchemical instruments from the geographer of the Sicilian court. Now someone is trying to retrieve them. Interspersed with the present action are the stories of the men and women who came to possess those charmed—and sometimes cursed—artifacts, which have powers that go well beyond the transmutation of lead into gold. Deftly combining history, magic, suspense, and romance—and as handsomely illustrated as an ancient incunabulum—The Geographer’s Library is irresistible.


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