"A brainy noir . . . [a] winningly cryptic tale . . . a cabinet of
wonders written by a novelist whose surname and sensibility fit
comfortably on the shelf between Umberto Eco and John Fowles." -Los
Angeles Times "One of the year's most literate and absorbing
entertainments." -Kirkus Reviews Jon Fasman's dizzyingly plotted
intellectual thriller suggests a marriage between Dan Brown and
Donna Tartt. When reporter Paul Tomm is assigned to investigate the
mysterious death of a reclusive academic, he finds himself pursuing
leads that date back to the twelfth century and the theft of
alchemical instruments from the geographer of the Sicilian court.
Now someone is trying to retrieve them. Interspersed with the
present action are the stories of the men and women who came to
possess those charmed-and sometimes cursed-artifacts, which have
powers that go well beyond the transmutation of lead into gold.
Deftly combining history, magic, suspense, and romance-and as
handsomely illustrated as an ancient incunabulum-The Geographer's
Library is irresistible.
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