The Grand Complication

The Grand Complication

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Alexander Short is a stylish young reference librarian. With his job in jeopardy and his marriage coming apart, Alexander meets the improbably named Henry James Jesson III, a book-lover who hires the librarian for some after-hours research. His task: to complete a cabinet of curiosities 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-

Additional information

Weight 0.255 kg
Dimensions 2.3 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
Author(s)

Format Old`

Language

Pages

368
Publisher

Year Published

2003-2-6
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

009943685X
About The Author

Allen Kurzweil is the author of one previous novel, A Case of Curiosities. He is currently a Fellow at Brown's University's John Nicholas Brown Center. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife and son.

This attention to detail lends a satisfying completeness to the novel. Kurzweil also displays the journalists ability to explore varied subjects making this an engaging story that deftly and wittily satiates at every level.

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