MRPENUMBRAS 24HOUR BOOKSTORE OME

A New York Times bestseller, Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore is an entirely charming and lovable first novel of mysterious books and dusty bookshops; it is a witty and delightful love-letter to both the old book world and the new. Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon out of his life as a San Francisco Web-design drone - and serendipity, coupled with sheer curiosity, has landed him a new job working the night shift at Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. But after just a few days, Clay begins to realize that this store is even more curious than the name suggests. There are only a few customers, but they come in repeatedly and never seem to actually buy anything, instead they simply borrow impossibly obscure volumes from strange corners of the store, all according to some elaborate, long-standing arrangement with the gnomic Mr. Penumbra. The store must be a front for something larger, Clay concludes, and soon he's embarked on a complex analysis of the customers' behaviour and roped his friends into helping to figure out just what's going on. But once they bring their findings to Mr. Penumbra, it turns out the secrets extend far outside the walls of the bookstore...

Un bestseller al New York Times, libraria de 24 de ore a domnului Penumbra este un prim roman cu totul fermecator si adorabil, cu carti misterioase si librarii prafuite; este o scrisoare de dragoste plina de intelepciune si incantatoare atat pentru lumea cartii vechi, cat si pentru cea noua. Recesiunea l-a eliminat pe Clay Jannon din viata sa de drona de design web din San Francisco - iar serendipitatea, combinata cu curiozitatea pura, i-a adus un nou loc de munca lucrand in schimbul de noapte la Mr.