The grand complication /
Kurzweil, Allen,
The grand complication / Allen Kurzweil. - 1st ed. - 359 pages ; 25 cm
This hilarious tale of obsession begins with special collections librarian Alexander's job in jeopardy and his marriage destined for the Discard shelf. Enter the improbably named Henry James Jesson III, a bibliophile who hires the librarian for some after-hours research. The task: to render whole an incomplete cabinet of wonders chronicling the life of a mysterious eighteenth-century inventor. As the investigation heats up, Alexander realizes there are many more secrets lurking in Jesson's cloistered world than those found inside his elegant Manhattan town house. With a notebook tethered to his jacket, Alexander plunges headlong into the search, only to discover that the void in the cabinet is rivaled by an emptiness in his heart.--From publisher description.
0786866039 9780786866038 0786885181 9780786885183
2001016811
2000-2099
Librarians--Fiction.
Art thefts--Fiction.
Collectors and collecting--Fiction.
Bibliomania--Fiction.
American fiction--21st century.
Librarians--Fiction.
American fiction.
Art thefts.
Bibliomania.
Collectors and collecting.
Librarians.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
New York (State)--New York.
Breguet Harcort Brace Kurtzweil, Allen
Humorous stories.
Detective and mystery stories.
Detective and mystery stories.
Humorous stories.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Humorous stories.
Detective and mystery stories.
The grand complication / Allen Kurzweil. - 1st ed. - 359 pages ; 25 cm
This hilarious tale of obsession begins with special collections librarian Alexander's job in jeopardy and his marriage destined for the Discard shelf. Enter the improbably named Henry James Jesson III, a bibliophile who hires the librarian for some after-hours research. The task: to render whole an incomplete cabinet of wonders chronicling the life of a mysterious eighteenth-century inventor. As the investigation heats up, Alexander realizes there are many more secrets lurking in Jesson's cloistered world than those found inside his elegant Manhattan town house. With a notebook tethered to his jacket, Alexander plunges headlong into the search, only to discover that the void in the cabinet is rivaled by an emptiness in his heart.--From publisher description.
0786866039 9780786866038 0786885181 9780786885183
2001016811
2000-2099
Librarians--Fiction.
Art thefts--Fiction.
Collectors and collecting--Fiction.
Bibliomania--Fiction.
American fiction--21st century.
Librarians--Fiction.
American fiction.
Art thefts.
Bibliomania.
Collectors and collecting.
Librarians.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
New York (State)--New York.
Breguet Harcort Brace Kurtzweil, Allen
Humorous stories.
Detective and mystery stories.
Detective and mystery stories.
Humorous stories.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Humorous stories.
Detective and mystery stories.