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Miss Prudencia Prim, seeking a new challenge, applies for the role of Librarian in the village of San Ireno de Arnois. Despite the fact that the advertisement specified no qualifications, and the fact that Miss Prim has her fair share of degrees, she is offered the post. She soon discovers that the ...
bookshelves: fraudio, mystery-thriller, books-about-books-and-book-shops Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: vivienne Read in January, 2009 oooh lots of mumbo jumbo and an albino henchman - fab stuff! It seems that I will need to go hunting for a Depp film and that never hurts my eyes. Lucas Corso is...
About 10 pages from the end I found myself wishing it wasn't about to be over. This was a cool book! A very detached, abstract mystery with a mathematical theme.
Okay interesting, this is the book that the film "The Ninth Gate" was based on, I prefered the film, the book came across as a bit laboured. Possibly me tho'.
Very enjoyable. I especially liked the Argentine view of England. It would have been even better if the translator had written it with an accent. Perhaps the best would be an audio reading with an Argentinian accent. I tried to do it in my head but kept slipping back into rather banal english.
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