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August 1969 San Francisco. Ajax Penumbra seeks a book--the single surviving copy of the Techne Tycheon, a mysterious volume that has brought and lost great fortune for anyone who has owned it. Late one night, after another day of dispiriting dead ends, he stumbles across a 24-hour bookstore, and the possibilities before him expand exponentially.
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour bookstore, Robin Sloan
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- Released
- 2016
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robin Sloan
- Publisher
- Cornelsen
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 3060338647
- ISBN13
- 9783060338641
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Science Fiction, Love, Contemporary Fiction, Short Stories, USA, American Literature, Technology, Secrets, About Books, Future, Internet, Present, Riddles, Debut, Libraries, San Francisco, Bookstores, Immortality, Secret Societies, Google, Progress, Letterpress printing, Ciphers, Silicon Valley
- First published
- 2012
- Original title
- Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- August 1969 San Francisco. Ajax Penumbra seeks a book--the single surviving copy of the Techne Tycheon, a mysterious volume that has brought and lost great fortune for anyone who has owned it. Late one night, after another day of dispiriting dead ends, he stumbles across a 24-hour bookstore, and the possibilities before him expand exponentially.