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The Grand Compilation

The Grand Compilation

by Allen Kurzwell (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

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Synopsis

Alexander Short is a stylish young reference librarian of arcane interests who is approached by a bibliophile wanting to hire him for some research. Short's task is to render whole an incomplete cabinent of wonders chronicling the life of a mysterious 18th century inventor.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 368
 Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
Published: 07 Feb 2002
ISBN 10: 0434009989
ISBN 13: 9780434009985

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By the author of A Case of Curiosities, this is a delightfully entertaining novel full of weird things. Alexander Short, the narrator, is a stylish young reference librarian with unusual interests - he is fascinated by enclosed spaces and making lists. Alex is approached in the library where he works by Henry James Jesson III, a bibliophile who asks Alex to work for him in his spare time doing research. His main task is to put together an incomplete cabinet of wonders which details the life of a mysterious 18th-century inventor. A truly funny, genuinely eccentric and imaginative tale.