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The Grand Complication

The Grand Complication

by Allen Kurzweil (Author)

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    Paperback 2003

    $4.40
Synopsis

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-

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 368
 Publisher: Arrow
Published: 06 Feb 2003
ISBN 10: 009943685X
ISBN 13: 9780099436850
Book Overview: A wonderfully entertaining literary crime novel, a cross between The Name of the Rose and The Big Sleep.

Media Reviews
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. * Times Play *
Author Bio
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.