{"product_id":"the-manual-of-detection-9780143116516","title":"The Manual of Detection","description":"\u003cb\u003e \"This debut novel weaves the kind of mannered fantasy that might result if Wes Anderson were to adapt Kafka.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reminiscent of imaginative fiction from Jorge Luis Borges to Jasper Fforde yet dazzlingly original, \u003ci\u003eThe Manual of Detection\u003c\/i\u003e marks the debut of a prodigious young talent. Charles Unwin toils as a clerk at a huge, imperious detective agency located in an unnamed city always slick with rain. When Travis Sivart, the agency's most illustrious detective, is murdered, Unwin is suddenly promoted and must embark on an utterly bizarre quest for the missing investigator that leads him into the darkest corners of his soaking, somnolent city. What ensues is a noir fantasy of exquisite craftsmanship, as taut as it is mind- blowing, that draws readers into a dream world that will change what they think about how they think.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143116516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.40w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/24\/2010 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/29\/2012 pg. 77\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jedediah Berry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43180561727669,"sku":"9780143116516","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_771dd492-8985-48c4-8405-ba1108cf7e65.jpg?v=1697515906","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-manual-of-detection-9780143116516","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}