The Case of the Missing Books
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The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
Introducing Israel Armstrong, one of literatures most unlikely detectives in the first of a series of novels from the author of the critically acclaimed Ring Road.REVIEWS FOR RING ROAD:
‘A Tristram Shandy for our times… The tone is part elegy, part satire, part howl and very, very funnyI laughed more times than I can remember over a novel for years … Ring Road is well-observed and endlessly inventive, with all the messiness of a real place. Sansom’s deadpan voice throws up jokes on every page.’
Observer
‘Calls to mind two other outstanding novels: Tristram Shandy…and Joseph Heller’s Catch-22… One of those rare books that, once picked up, proves very difficult to put down.’
The Irish Independent
‘Wonderfully vivid, easy, natural, funny and moving.’
Oliver Sacks
‘A wonderfully comic novel.’
Daily Mail
‘It reminds me most of Jerome K. Jerome… Mellow, intelligent and very funny, a perfect antidote for melancholy.’
Michael Moorcock, Guardian
‘There is something fearless in the gaze Sansom turns on banality, and this novel is, in the end, a surprisingly gripping feat of coming to terms with what ordinary life is like.’ TLS
Ian Sansom reviews regularly for the Guardian and the London Review of Books. His first book, The Truth About Babies, was published by Granta in 2002, and his second, Ring Road, by Fourth Estate in 2004.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007206995 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007206992 |
| Title | The Case of the Missing Books |
| Author | Ian Sansom |
| Series | The Mobile Library |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2006-02-06 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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