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The Secret of Lost Things

By Sheridan Hay

The Secret of Lost Things LGBTQ+

The Secret of Lost Things

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A stunning debut from a new Australian writer - the story of a treasure hunt through a vast New York bookshop. At eighteen, Rosemary arrives in New York from Tasmania with little more than her love of books and an eagerness to explore the city she's read so much about. The moment she steps into the Arcade bookstore, she knows she has found a home. The gruff owner, Mr. Pike, gives her a job sorting through huge piles of books and helping the rest of the staff - a group as odd and idiosyncratic as the characters in a Dickens novel. There's Pearl, the loving, motherly transsexual who runs the cash register; Oscar, who shares his extensive, eclectic knowledge with Rosemary, but furiously rejects her attempts at a more personal relationship; and Arthur Pick, who supervises the art section and demonstrates a particular interest in photography books featuring naked men. The store manager Walter Geist is an albino, a lonely figure even within the world of the Arcade. When Walter's eyesight begins to fail, Rosemary becomes his assistant. And so it is Rosemary who first reads the letter from someone seeking to 'place' a lost manuscript by Herman Melville. Mentioned in Melville's personal correspondence but never published, the work is of inestimable value, and proof of its existence brings the simmering ambitions and rivalries of the Arcade staff to a boiling point. Based on actual documents the author found while doing research on Melville, 'The Secret of Lost Things' is at once a literary adventure that captures the excitement of discovering a long-lost manuscript, and an evocative portrait of life in a bookshop.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
384
Release Date:
2011-10-06
Publication Date:
2008-05-05
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0007243928
ISBN13:
9780007243921
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
263 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
199 cm
Thickness:
30 cm
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