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Zustand: As New. Als kleiner Angestellter plagt sich Charles Unwin in einer weit verzweigten Detektivagentur ab, deren labyrinthisches Gebaude in einer Stadt aufragt, in der es immer zu regnen scheint. Als der beruhmteste Detektiv der Agentur plotzlich vermisst wird, macht man Unwin selbst zu seinem Nachfolger. Nun muss er sich um die Aufklarung des Verbrechens kummern. Unwin begibt sich auf eine bizarre Suche, die ihn in die dunkelsten Ecken der ewig feuchten und schlafrigen Grossstadt fuhrt. Mit Hilfe des 'Handbuchs fur Detektive ' und unterstutzt von seiner mysteriosen Assistentin Emily Doppel muss Unwin vielen Gefahren trotzen und manches Ratsel entwirren - und schliesslich auch in die Traume seiner Mitmenschen eindringen. Traume, in denen man sich leicht verlieren kann .

geb., HC, Opbd., SU, 383 S. befriedigender Zustand (ein Vorsatzblatt fehlt) Sprache: deu.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Softcover. Zustand: Très bon. Légères traces d'usure sur la couverture. Edition 2010. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Very good. Slight signs of wear on the cover. Edition 2010. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. In this tightly plotted yet mind-expanding debut novel, an unlikely detective, armed with only an umbrella and a singular handbook, must untangle a string of crimes committed in and through people's dreams. In an unnamed city always slick with rain, Charles Unwin is a humble file clerk working for a huge and imperious detective agency, and all he knows about solving mysteries comes from filing reports for the illustrious investigator Travis Sivart. When Sivart goes missing, and his supervisor turns up murdered, Unwin is suddenly promoted to detective, a rank for which he lacks both the skills and the stomach. His only guidance comes from his new assistant, who would be perfect if she weren't so sleepy, and from the pithy yet profound "Manual of Detection". Unwin mounts his search for Sivart, but is soon framed for murder, pursued by goons and gunmen, and confounded by the infamous femme fatale Cleo Greenwood. Meanwhile, strange and troubling questions proliferate: Why does the mummy at the Municipal Museum have modern-day dental work? Where have all the city's alarm clocks gone? Why is Unwin's copy of the Manual missing Chapter 18? When he discovers that the greatest of Sivart's cases - including 'The Three Deaths of Colonel Baker' and 'The Man who Stole the Twelfth of November' - were never solved correctly, he must enter the dreams of a murdered man and face a criminal mastermind bent on total control of a slumbering city. "The Manual of Detection" will draw comparison to every work of imaginative fiction that ever blew a reader's mind. But, ultimately, it defies comparison; it is a brilliantly conceived, meticulously realised novel that will change what you think about how you think. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.58.

Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.95.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When something fell from the something tree, all the words went away. And the world changed. Monsters slipped from dreams. The land began to shift and ghosts wandered the world in trances. Only with the rise of the named and their committees-Maps, Ghosts, Dreams, and Names-could humanity stand against the terrors of the nameless wilds. Now, they build borders, shackle ghosts and hunt monsters. The nameless are to be fought, and feared. One unnamed courier of the names committee travels aboard the Number Twelve train, assigning names to the people and things that need them. Her position on the train grants her safety in a world that otherwise fears her. But when she accidentally pulls a monster from a dream, and attacks by the nameless rock the Number Twelve, she is forced to flee. Accompanied by a patchwork ghost, a fretful monster, and a nameless animal who prowls the borders between realities, she sets out to look for her long-lost sister. Her search for the truth of her own life opens the door to a revolutionary future-for the words she carries will reshape the world. At once a love letter to the power of language and an exploration of its limits, The Naming Song is the perfect fantasy for anyone who's ever dreamed of a stranger, freer, more magical world.

Zustand: Fine. Jednoho rana se Charles Unwin probudil a naznal, ze se z nej sice nestal brouk, ale prece je neco jinak. Charlesovi, ktery pracuje jako urednik v Agenture a ma na starosti spisy vyznamneho detektiva Travise T. Sivarta, totiz rano nezazvonil budik. Vypada to jako bezvyznamna udalost, ale od toho rana je vse naruby a Charles Unwin se zapleta do podivneho detektivniho vysetrovani. Musi prozkoumat tajemnou hospodu U Slofika ci zvlastni nocni klub, ktery sidli v opustene rezidenci po plukovniku Bakerovi, vsechny stopy vsak vedou do podivneho lunaparku, jenz pred casem zakotvil ve meste. Neobvykla detektivka z pera Jedediaha Berryho vypravi o sile predstav a snu a okouzluje ctenare svym skoro az pohadkove ztvarnenym svetem. Jedediah Berry si vsak pohrava nejen s obsahem, ale i formou sveho vypraveni. Bajna Prirucka praveho detektiva, diky ktere Charles Unwin, detektiv proti sve vuli, dokaze pripad vyresit, se az napadne podoba knize, kterou drzite v ruce. Berry tak stylem navazuje na dila Jorge Luise Borgese, Franze Kafky ci Jaspera Ffordeho. New Yorker o knize napsal, ze je utkan tak, ,jako by se Wes Anderson rozhodl adaptovat Kafku.".

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Ked sa Charles Unwin, puntickarsky uradnik Agentury, ktoreho necakane povysia do hodnosti detektiva, pusti do patrania po svojom zmiznutom predchodcovi, vstupi do sveta, ktory dovtedy poznal len zo spisov. Zrazu tak musi celit nielen bizarnym zlocineckym postavickam, ale aj otazkam, ktore sa vynaraju z davno uzavretych pripadov: kde sa vzala zlata plomba v ustach starovekej mumie?Preco musel plukovnik Baker zomriet hned trikrat? A kto ukradol z kalendarov 12. november? Ked navyse zacnu z celeho mesta miznut budiky a ich majitelia upadat do namesacnych stavov, musi sa Unwin pustit do patrania po strojcoch tajomnej techniky, ktora umoznuje vstupovat do cudzich snov. Stopy vedu k branam Neputovneho lunaparku a jeho zlotrilemu principalovi Enochovi Hoffmannovi. Podari sa Unwinovi postavit obavanemu zlocincovi, vyslobodit mesto z nekonciaceho spanku a najst strateneho detektiva Sivarta? Vsetko nasvedcuje tomu, ze kluc k vyrieseniu zahad sa skryva v tajomnej osemnastej kapitole Prirucky praveho detektiva.

Zustand: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 224 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.51 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Zustand: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Buone Condizioni dell'interno: Ottime.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED; Good or Better trade paperback, includes "On Reading to Oneself" by William H. Gass & "How Should One Read a Book?" by Virginia Woolf & "Aerial Maneuvers" by Umberto Eco, 8vo, 190 pp.